Question: Eric sells fruit and vegetables online and is using SEO to improve where he ranks in search engine results. He’s thinking of different ways to improve his website so that it appears on more search engine results and gets more traffic. Which of these ideas will help improve his search visibility? The correct results will be displayed once you’ve sorted each card. Select the correct drop zone for each card.
- Write recipes that use vegetables that he sells - Will help
- Get lots of likes or followers on social media - Won't help
- Add lots of links to the website - Won't help
- Encourage others to write about his website - Will help
Explanation
Creating useful, relevant content helps SEO because Google says compelling and useful content can influence a site’s presence in search results more than other improvements. Recipe pages add topic-rich content that matches the products being sold, which helps search engines understand the site and gives more opportunities to appear for relevant searches. Google also says it primarily discovers pages through links from pages it already knows, including links from other websites, so encouraging others to mention the site can improve discovery and visibility. By contrast, Google’s link guidance emphasizes relevant, crawlable links with clear anchor text, not simply adding a large number of links. Search Central documentation focuses on useful content and discoverable links rather than follower counts as a direct way to improve search presence. Google for Developers+1
Why the other options are incorrect
Social media likes or followers This is more of a promotion signal than a direct SEO improvement in Google Search documentation, so it does not directly strengthen search visibility. Google for Developers
Adding lots of links Link quantity alone is not the goal; Google emphasizes relevant, crawlable links and descriptive anchor text that help users and search engines understand pages. Google for Developers+1
Source for verification
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/links-crawlable
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