Practice How Search Engines Work (2) - Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
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How Search Engines Work

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is crawling in the context of search engines?

💡 Hint: Think about the 'discovering' part of web pages.

Question 2 Easy

Explain what indexing means.

💡 Hint: Consider it like organizing books in a library.

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Question 1

What is the first step of how search engines work?

Crawling
Indexing
Ranking

💡 Hint: Think of the search engine's 'exploration' role.

Question 2

True or False: Ranking determines how search engines store the content.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what happens after content is indexed.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Discuss how improvements in crawling technology could change how quickly new content is indexed by search engines.

💡 Hint: Think about what factors limit current crawling speeds.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain the implications of poor ranking for a business website. How might this affect their traffic and revenue?

💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between visibility and user engagement.

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