Knowledge check: SEO tools
1. The only SEO tool with first-party data from Google?
- a. Ahrefs
- b. Google Search Console
- c. Semrush
- d. Surfer
Answer
b. See GSC.2. Ahrefs is generally stronger than Semrush at…
- a. Paid search data
- b. Backlink index
- c. Position tracking
- d. Free tiers
Answer
b. See Ahrefs.3. GA4 vs GSC - which tells you organic clicks Google measured?
- a. GA4
- b. GSC
- c. Both equally
- d. Neither
Answer
b. GA4 measures sessions, GSC measures clicks Google saw. They will not match.4. What is Surfer NOT good at?
- a. Generating entity coverage
- b. Telling you if content is genuinely useful
- c. Estimating word count
- d. Catching gaps
Answer
b. See Surfer.5. Bounce rate from GA4 is…
- a. A Google ranking signal
- b. Useful for SEO but not a ranking signal
- c. Not particularly useful for SEO
- d. Always 0