What is Google PageRank?
submitted by markodonoghue on 08 October 2009
Google's PageRank is an algorithm that tells you how important a website page is, giving a general indication of how well a website will rank on Google's search engine. A website's PageRank is decided by 500 million variables and 2 billion terms, but you can see a basic form of a website's PageRank by installing the 'Google Toolbar'. The toolbar shows the PageRank of a website by the assignment of a number between 0-10, with 0 being the lowest and 10 being the highest.
How is PageRank determined?
In simple terms, Google analyzes the amount of links going from one website to another. Having many links to your website is beneficial, but the 'importance' of those websites outweighs the quantity. The importance is determined by their own PageRank. An example is that a link from the BBC website to your own will improve your...
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