SEMrush Backlink Management Exam Answers

Q.1. Sponsorships are a link-building tactic that you should avoid because you’re basically just buying a link.

• (A) FALSE
• (B) TRUE

Q.2. When doing link research, when should you look for the contact information for each opportunity?

• (A) At the end of your campaign when you’re ready to do outreach
• (B) Once you’ve decided to go after that particular link
• (C) While you’re doing the research, so it saves time/effort later

Q.3. One of your customers shared a link to your site on their Facebook. What type of link would it be?

• (A) Follow the link
• (B) Nofollow link
• (C) Widget embed

Q.4. Which SEMrush tool will help you find unlinked mentions of your site?

• (A) Brand Monitoring
• (B) Backlink Audit
• (C) Backlink Gap

Q.5. How does Google discover pages and links?

• (A) robots.txt tells it what to do
• (B) Spiders crawl pages and follow links
• (C) Quality Raters check things manually

Q.6. What is the best type of link?

• (A) Links from press releases
• (B) Internal links with strong anchor text
• (C) Social media links pointing to your site
• (D) Links you buy
• (E) Links you earn because you’re awesome

Q.7. Which SEMrush tool helps you find backlink prospects and even send your outreach emails right from inside the tool?

• (A) Backlink Analytics
• (B) Link Building Tool
• (C) Backlink Gap

Q.8. The SEMrush toolset uses a link authority metric called …

• (A) Domain Authority
• (B) Trust Score
• (C) Trust Flow

Q.9. If you’re hit with an algorithmic link penalty, you’ll receive a message in Google Search Console.

• (A) TRUE
• (B) FALSE

Q.10. When using unlinked mentions to build links, you’re looking for:

• (A) Forums where people are complaining about your business
• (B) Directory sites that list your business
• (C) Other websites who mention your business but don’t link to you
• (D) Mentions of your brand on social media