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- Linked pages have higher value
- More determining factors: Relevance of search words and actual site visits
- Fraud prevention: Falsely inflated PageRank is extensively researched
- Named for: PageRank developer Larry Page
- Trademark: Google
- Patent: Stanford University United States Patent: PageRank (6285999)
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Google's PageRank technology uses an algorithm to determine search engine ranking for each page on a website. It uses more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms to measure the relative importance of a page. Google.com: Technology Overview
PageRank and SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of adding keywords and links to a site in order to increase its search engine visibility. Some companies with popular sites sell links to sites with lower-ranked pages to falsely inflate the site's popularity. Google's official position is that sites discovered to be selling links will be ignored by PageRank, thereby making their links useless. Google Webmaster Help Center: Where should I report... In 2007, Google extended this policy to blogs with a high level of cross-linking. TechCrunch: Google Declares Jihad On Blog Link Farms (October 24, 2007)-
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PageRank Questions
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Google page rank info... 2 AnswersPageRank is a numeric value between 1 and 10 that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is ... read more -
Mahalo Caught Spamming Google With PageRank Funneling Link Scheme - is it true? 2 AnswersThat article is actually old (Feb 09), from long before Mahalo 2.0 was launched. Regardless, I don't think Mahalo did anything wrong, I've been with Mahalo long... read more -
No follow on Mahalo Answers: Should we pass page rank from upper belts? 9 AnswersFascinating video. I have mixed feelings about the idea to turn off no-follow for upper belts. Basically three areas to think about: 1) What do the be... read more -
How does Google page ranking work? 1 AnswerGoogle page rank is based on the number of in-links to a website and the quality of those in-links. There's a weighting mechanism, which is approximately logar... read more
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