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sitaram.T

03-03-2008, 01:12 PM

Any body can suggest the interview questions for SEO.

ericajoieake

03-03-2008, 01:39 PM

ok here the usual question of the interviewer about seo!
What is on page optimization?
What is off page optimization?
How do you rank a website?

sitaram.T

03-03-2008, 01:58 PM

Thank u for giving questions, i need more questions about SEO as soon as possible. because in couple of days i have interview.

Dubbya

03-03-2008, 02:45 PM

Oh, so you've applied for a job for which you're not qualified and you think you can fake your way through it, right?

LOLz... seriously.

mjtaylor

03-03-2008, 02:53 PM

I am guessing you are *hiring* an SEO and want to know what to ask?

You want the candidate to show you sites s/he has worked on and have him explain his process. Where/how does he do keyword research? How does he determine the KEI (keyword effectiveness)?

Also, show him a site and ask what he would do to improve its position.

incrediblehelp

03-03-2008, 09:06 PM

Questions for SEOs:

55 SEO Interview Questions (http://www.allthingssem.com/seo-interview-questions/)

Webnauts

03-03-2008, 09:23 PM

Question for an SEO:

Can pages being in Google's supplemental index harm site rankings? If yes, why/how?

bobitza

03-03-2008, 10:36 PM

Can pages being in Google's supplemental index harm site rankings? If yes, why/how?

lol, can they? i think not ... right? i mean not affect the "existing" ratings, because they do affect the "potential" ratings.

Webnauts

03-03-2008, 11:44 PM

lol, can they? i think not ... right? i mean not affect the "existing" ratings, because they do affect the "potential" ratings.
No further comments. Sorry.
Then the thread will run off-topic.

~DaRk-EyE~

03-04-2008, 10:56 AM

This was an interesting question from 55 SEO Interview Questions posted by bobitza:

If you've done 6 months of SEO for a site and yet there haven't been any improvements, how would you go about diagnosing the problem?

You gave your all, but still there is not much positive results... :-(

sitaram.T

03-04-2008, 12:41 PM

Webnauts

03-04-2008, 12:42 PM

All the way around? 100 Questions Your SEO Should Ask You : ISEdb.COM (http://www.isedb.com/db/articles/1680/0/100-Questions-Your-SEO-Should-Ask-You-/Page0.html) :lol:

incrediblehelp

03-04-2008, 02:09 PM

Webnauts

03-04-2008, 02:15 PM

Wow now I am really confused.
Me too bro. :lol:

mjtaylor

03-04-2008, 05:26 PM

Thanks all of you for giving suggestions. but i don't want any like that suggestions,because presently i am working as a SEO. i need only interview questions. ok,if any body able to give seo questions.

thanks,

seetharam.

Perhaps you could tell us what the purpose of the questions are. Are they being asked of a prospective employee? Or of an SEO firm by a potential client? Or??? Who is asking the questions and why? And perhaps give us an example of the sort of question that you are looking for. You *do* have our attention. ;)

sitaram.T

03-05-2008, 12:57 PM

why are you confused Mr.

sitaram.T

03-05-2008, 01:00 PM

i am the employee asked the questions for interview point of view.

sitaram.T

03-05-2008, 01:02 PM

Thank you.

Dubbya

03-05-2008, 02:39 PM

Oh, so you've applied for a job for which you're not qualified and you think you can fake your way through it, right?

LOLz... seriously.

Like I said....

Webnauts

03-05-2008, 04:05 PM

Like I said....
I thought exactly the same thing. :lol:

mjtaylor

03-05-2008, 04:27 PM

And I think we have given you a run down of the basic questions that will be asked ... so, if you want to practice for the interview, why not try answering for us the questions that have been posed, and perhaps we can help you to know whether you have got them right.

What's your experience in SEO?

What sites have you optimized? What keywords did you target and demonstrate the effectiveness.

How do you do keyword research? What software do you use and what criteria?

What are the most critical factors in on site optimization?

What is off site optimization?

That should give us a good start ....

sitaram.T

03-06-2008, 01:16 PM

Thank you, i will give you answers as soon as possible.

sitaram.T

03-06-2008, 01:24 PM

WDC

03-07-2008, 04:29 AM

List of top SEO questions:

Search Engine Optimisation - SEO Company Services - SEO Expert: Top SEO questions : most commonly asked search engine optimisation questions (http://seov.blogspot.com/2008/01/top-seo-questions-most-commonly-asked.html)

mjtaylor

03-07-2008, 03:20 PM

What's your experience in SEO?
A. nearly one year

What sites have you optimized? What keywords did you target and demonstrate the effectiveness.
A. GRN(global resort network) sites. luxury resort vacation,work at home,travel agency business........

How do you do keyword research? What software do you use and what criteria?
A.free keyword google adwards and also paid.

These answers are far too brief. I want to know much more about a potential employee's method of doing keyword research.

What are the most critical factors in on site optimization?
A.The main problem is position of the site in google. because google shows sometime in position,some times not position.

What is off site optimization?

Well, I don't mean to be harsh here, but your answers to these last two questions make it clear that you are not up to speed on SEO. On site optimization refers to a slew of factors including (but not limited to) content, title, heading tags, navigation, alt tags, file names, etc. And off site optimization refers (largely) to obtaining relevant inbound links.

I think you might benefit from reading SEO: Where Do I Begin? (http://www.webproworld.com/search-engine-optimization-forum/66242-search-engine-optimization-where-do-i-begin.html)

For a start ....

MJ

alhefner

03-08-2008, 11:52 AM

From your answers, I would not hire you. You did not completely answer any single question and simply stating that Google search results is the main factor in internal SEO means that you don't know what internal SEO really is. The post above provided you with the basic answers to that.

I am pretty new to SEO myself but even I can "demonstrate" what my SEO efforts have done for my own site as well as one I am doing free for the experience. I can also "demonstrate" where I have learned various lessons of SEO and applied those lessons.

Another thing I can do is exactly tell anyone asking, how I go about keyword research and the programs I use to do that research. In addition to that, I can "demonstrate" how I would go about finding keywords that will have the best result for a particular page.

The posts above give some good references. I suggest you do what I am going to do and take a good look at those references.

full house

03-11-2008, 07:01 AM

here are some questions:

Can you handle different niches to be SEO?how?
What is your prepared niche? why?
How will you promote your site if its new or old?
Can you boost the traffics of your site in just 1 month?How?
How will you get your site into the top SERP?
And finally, why do you want to have another seo job if you one? if you resigned, what is the reason?

sitaram.T

03-25-2008, 02:25 PM

i am back after one month

chandrika

03-25-2008, 03:15 PM

Can you make a good cup of tea?

;)

Just kidding with you, good luck with your interview...be prepared for anything...sometimes interviewers ask obscure questions, nothing to do with the subject, but just to psychologically test you and see how you would react in different situations.

If you have qualifications and a portfolio of work, then at the interview, having proved those things already, often they just want to know your personality and see if you would fit in and how you present yourself.

Remember not to swear, burp, smell, growl, cry, punch anyone, beg, lose the power of speech or tell the interviewer that you have recently been granted parole.

Oh one thing interviewers ALWAYS ask is "Why do you want this job"

Now everyone knows that you want the job because you need hard cash to pay the bills, but that is the wrong answer in interview situation. You have to tell them something like that you want the job because you are looking for a new challenge and their company seems like the kind of place that is driven and would be inspiring to work in. Something like that, just dont tell the truth and say that you would rather be at home playing on your Xbox, but the f-ing system dictates that you have to get an f-ing job to put bread in the mouths of your hungry children.

Find as much out about their company as you can, what they sell, or provide and show an interest in that subject, as especially in SEO, the more you know about them, the more likely for them that you will be able improve their business and reach relevant areas with your SEO. They could well ask you about their competitors, as your job will be to outrank them, so check out their competitors too.

That my two cents worth

Good luck SitaRam, let us know how you get on and what they did ask you.

sitaram.T

03-27-2008, 10:27 AM

Thank you chandrika for giving good suggestion and let me know what is the opportunities for SEO in england.

sitaram.T

05-08-2008, 08:10 AM

Hi every body,i am back after long time

Webnauts

05-08-2008, 01:28 PM

Hi every body,i am back after long time
Me too. :lol:

AVC

05-08-2008, 01:53 PM

Ask them if they have ever owned a paid link directory and if they have ever taken money from directory owners to promote such sites on their blogs or forums ??? :-)

janeth

05-08-2008, 08:55 PM

Going into a job you don't fully understand will not be any fun and it want last long.

Build your own site and get it making money before you try to go to work as an SEO.

Just my two cents.

activeco

05-09-2008, 04:32 AM

Hi every body,i am back after long time

Hello again Sitaram. Welcome back and thanks for the refreshing thread.

A.The main problem is position of the site in google. because google shows sometime in position,some times not position.

Hired?

subhzash

05-09-2008, 07:29 AM

Any body can suggest the interview questions for SEO.

Here no one tell you questions. Post your doubts and questions you will get accurate reply than any other forums. This forum has very talented search engine optimizers.

Just shoot your questions & doubts.

Regards
Subhzash

Peter (IMC)

05-09-2008, 06:41 PM

Question for an SEO:

Can pages being in Google's supplemental index harm site rankings? If yes, why/how?

Well if you ask it like that the answer is : No.

Being there doesn't harm the site rankings. When they get in there, that may be another story.

erikko

05-12-2008, 02:48 AM

you can ask the "seo-wannabe" the basics or you can create a situation wherein will test his/her skills as an SEO and how he/she will react to that kind of situation

Janna122003

05-12-2008, 11:53 PM

How do you handle client that want to rank up their site but don't want on-page optimization?

Dubbya

05-13-2008, 09:37 AM

How do you handle client that want to rank up their site but don't want on-page optimization?

Tell them it'll take a lot longer and cost a lot more money before they start ranking competitively.

Effective SEO requires a multifaceted effort incorporating both on and off-page optimization.

If they're only looking to build links and post articles in blogs, it'd take a superhuman effort (and divine intervention) to ever outrank their competition and in the long run, probably cost a lot more money.

Focusing solely on one front leaves them subject to the most minute change in SE algorithms, while a multifaceted approach offers some insulation and stability.

Bear in mind that for SEO to be most effective, the changes have to be somewhat stable and sustainable or your traffic will fluctuate radically.

.02

Peter (IMC)

05-13-2008, 11:14 AM

How do you handle client that want to rank up their site but don't want on-page optimization?

That's like going to a pizza place and ask for a pizza without bread.

We don't handle these kind of clients. We just tell them we´re not interested in working for clients that aren't willing to go the whole way.

Perhaps with "on-page" optimization you mean visual changes to the website? In that case we usually don't make visual changes to the website. We change the code but it remains visually the same.

In case the site is so bad that visual changes are required, we offer a new design as well. That usually takes care of the problem.

Janna122003

05-13-2008, 09:17 PM

That's like going to a pizza place and ask for a pizza without bread.

We don't handle these kind of clients. We just tell them we´re not interested in working for clients that aren't willing to go the whole way.

Perhaps with "on-page" optimization you mean visual changes to the website? In that case we usually don't make visual changes to the website. We change the code but it remains visually the same.

In case the site is so bad that visual changes are required, we offer a new design as well. That usually takes care of the problem.

What I mean with on-page optimization is to correct the weaknesses of the site like creating good title, description and create content using targeted keywords but it doesn't mean that you're going change the visual of the sites.

gab45

03-01-2011, 02:11 AM

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