FPSC- Programmer (BS-17) - Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Model Papers - 2026 — Part 10 (100 Q)

Correct Answer: C. Crawling → Indexing → Ranking (serving)
Explanation: A page has to be discovered and stored before it can be ranked for any query. ALSO KNOW (related points): • What does 'crawl budget' refer to? → The number of URLs a search engine is willing and able to crawl on a site within a given time

Correct Answer: C. Googlebot
Explanation: With mobile-first indexing, Googlebot Smartphone is the primary crawler.

Correct Answer: B. Google mainly uses the mobile version of a page's content for indexing and ranking
Explanation: If the mobile version hides content, that content may be lost from the index. ALSO KNOW (related points): • What is Google's web crawler called? → Googlebot • What is an orphan page? → A page with no internal links pointing to it, making it hard for crawlers and users to find • How does Google handle JavaScript-rendered content? → It can render JavaScript, but rendering may be deferred; server-side rendering makes content available sooner and more reliably

Correct Answer: A. The number of URLs a search engine is willing and able to crawl on a site within a given time
Explanation: Crawl budget mainly matters for very large sites. Duplicate and parameterized URLs waste it.

Correct Answer: A. A page with no internal links pointing to it, making it hard for crawlers and users to find
Explanation: Internal linking helps both discovery and the flow of ranking signals.

Correct Answer: A. It can render JavaScript, but rendering may be deferred; server-side rendering makes content available sooner and more reliably
Explanation: Crawling, rendering, and indexing happen in separate stages.

Correct Answer: D. PageRank
Explanation: The public PageRank toolbar score was retired in 2016, but link-based signals are still used internally.

Correct Answer: D. Domain Authority (a third-party metric from Moz)
Explanation: Third-party scores such as DA or DR only estimate ranking strength. ALSO KNOW (related points): • What is the name of Google's original link-analysis algorithm? → PageRank

Correct Answer: D. No, Google has ignored it for ranking since at least 2009
Explanation: Keyword stuffing in this tag made it worthless as a signal. ALSO KNOW (related points): • Which URL format is generally recommended? → example.com/weather-forecast-karachi • What is anchor text? → The visible, clickable text of a hyperlink

Correct Answer: C. It is not a direct ranking factor, but a good description can improve the click-through rate; Google may rewrite it
Explanation: Write a unique, compelling summary for each page. ALSO KNOW (related points): • Why are title tags typically kept to about 50–60 characters? → Longer titles are often truncated in search results (the display limit is based on pixel width, roughly 600px) • Which statement about content length is correct? → There is no ideal word count; content should fully satisfy the search intent