All The Useful Search Engine Marketing Interview Questions & Answers

These questions only deal with Google Ads.

Q 1. What do you understand by Google AdWords (now known as Google Ads)?
Google AdWords which is an online advertising service was developed by Google to support the marketers to straightaway reach their targeted customer by running their ads online. Google ads are of 4 types which are Display ads, Video ads, search ads, and app ads

Q 2. What is the benefit of Google AdWords (PPC)?
Some of the benefits of the Google Adwords (PPC) are:-
PPC assist marketers in achieving a large number of business & marketing goals. PPC is a potent tool for orienting the website traffic drivers to an end-goals.
PPC is easy to track and measure. We can see high-level performance data including impressions, conversions which are based on the defined business goals and clicks.

Q 3. Why are we using Google Adwords for marketing?
There is no minimal investing, so it is good for small businesses as they have a limited budget. The risk here is less as compared to the other options of advertising.
In Google Adwords, we pay only once we get the outcome. With the help of 'pay-per-click' advertising, we are paying each time when somebody clicks on our ad.
Google Ads come up in front of the potential customer at the exact time when the customer is deciding to buy.
Video content gives us nearly 100% growth each year. YouTube advertising is managed by the Google AdWords.

This is a very important question in SEM interview questions and answers.

Q 4. What do you understand by Ad rank?
Ad rank is actually the position which the ad occupies on a SERP ( search engine results page). The location of the ad in SERP is directly proportional to the keyword's place in the ad. The more relevant the keywords, ad text & the landing pages are, the higher will be the Quality Score and ad ranking

Q 5. How does Ad Rank impact on Cost per Click?
Ad rank plays a vital role in deciding the real cost-per-click that the competitors of any business pay when somebody clicks on their ads.

CPC charged by Google= TheAdrankofthepersonbelowourad/Ourqualityscore  + 0.01$
The cost-per-click we get charged by the Google when somebody clicks on our ad has to do a lot with what some other people were inclined to pay for the click and their Quality Score, divided by our Quality Score, plus 0.01$

Q 6. What should be quality score in Google AdWords?

Quality score has 3 main components:
Expected CTR
Ad Relevance:-Keyword to ad relevance and Keyword to user search query relevance.
Landing page relevance.

Each of these Quality score components is given a rating like Above Average, Average, Below Average. The quality score in Google AdWords should be 7 or above. Before doing any changes in the quality score, it is important to have some clicks on the website. Keywords' quality scores range from 1-10 where 1 is poor performance of the user and 10 is fast operating ad and landing page.

This is one of the most asked Search Engine Marketing interview questions.

Q 7. Tell us few names of Google AdWords Ad Extensions.
Sitelink extensions
Location extensions
Call extensions
App extensions
Review extensions
Callout extensions
Structured snippet extensions
Price extensions
Automated extensions report
Image extensions
Previous visits
Dynamic sitelink extensions
Dynamic structured snippets

Q 8. What do you understand Conversion Optimizer in Google AdWords?
The Google AdWords Conversion Optimizer is located in the Google Adwords Account. It controls keyword-level bids, and it promises to deliver maximum conversions at or below the cost-per-conversion we define.

Q 9. How do you improve Google conversion rate?
Track the success with the help of Google Ads conversion tracking tool
Use particular keywords for getting better conversion rates
Use negative keywords in order to refine the traffic
Use the search terms report in order to reach the target customers
Include the prices in the ad to attract the potential buyers
Point to be noted: Go through this Q&A very thoroughly as this is one of the essential Search Engine Marketing interview questions.

Q 10. What is the limit of characters in Google Ads?

Here is the limit of characters in Google Ads:  (Note: Please do a Google search for latest changes to these figures)

Character Limit in Search Ads:-
Headline 1: 30 Characters
Headline 2: 30 Characters
Headline 3: 30 Characters
Description 1: 90 Characters
Explanation 2: 90 Characters
Path 1: 15 Characters
Path 2: 15 Characters
Character Limit in Responsive Search Ad (beta)
Headline: 30 Characters
Description: 90 Characters
Path 1: 15 Characters
Path 2: 15 Characters
Character Limit in Display Responsive Ads
Short Headline: 25 Characters
Long Headline: 90 Characters
Description: 90 Characters
Business Name: 25 Characters

Q 11. What if CTR and how do you calculate it?
CTR stands for Click-Through Rate. Click-Through Rate is the best and the easiest way to make a comparison of the performance on different ad campaigns. The formula for CTR is

CTR=TotalMeasuredClcks/TotalmeasuredAdimpressions x 100
Total Measured Clicks:- Total clicks on an ad
Total Measured Ad impressions:- Total number of times when an ad was loaded on a page

Q 12. How many types of keywords in Google AdWords?
Google AdWords has basically four match types for Positive Keywords
Broad
Broad Match Modifier
Phrase
Exact

Google AdWords has basically three match types for Negative Keywords
Broad
Phrase
Exact

Q 13. What factors affect AdWords Quality score?
The factors that can impact the score either directly or indirectly are:-
The ad's Click-Through-Rate (current and expected)
Display URLs past CTR
The total quality of the landing page
The variation in performance on each device
to search term relevance

Q 14. How do you decide which keywords are good for your business?
I decide the keywords based on the following points:-
The owner must think like a customer while creating a keyword list
Select particular keywords to target particular customers
Select generic keywords also to reach to more people
Group the related keywords into ad groups
Pick the right number of keywords
Pick the precise number of keywords
Choose those keywords which relate to the websites or apps which customers generally see

Q 15. When you saw your average position drop, what did you do?
If I see a drop in my average position, then I will look at what actually went wrong. I will perform some checks which are as follows:-
Data Accuracy
Penalty
Google algorithm updates
Major site changes
Links missing
Competitors
SEM traffic dismantle SEO's
Mobile-First Indexing
A change in the SERP
This is a very important question in SEM interview questions.

Q 16. Have you ever created any Adwords Campaign?
Yes, I have created the Adwords Campaign. Here are the step to create a campaign:-
Prepare a root keywords list
Check the keywords Presence whether they are long-tail or short-tail
Check for the negative and positive keywords.
Ensure daily budget
Check the presence of the keyword in Ad Copy
For services, it is RSA(Responsive Search Ad), and for product and brand it is RDA(Responsive Display Ad)

Q 17. Explain, How does Google auction work?
Google auction is actually a process which occurs with each and every google search to choose which ads will come for a particular search and in which order they will display on the google page.

How does it work?
When somebody searches anything, then the Google Ads system look out for all the ads whose keywords match the term asked.
Now from those selected ads, the Google Ads system discard the ads which are not eligible such as the ads which target any other country or the ads which are rejected because of the policy violation.
Then out of the remaining ads, only those ads are selected who have a high Ad Rank.

Q 18. What options cannot be changed after creating Google AdWords Account?
Time zone and currency settings options cannot be changed after creating a Google AdWords Account. Advertisers have to extremely alert while creating the account as Time zone ¤cy are actually used to determine how they are billed.