Google PageRank
From Site5Wiki
[edit] How Does It Work?
The heart of our software is PageRank, a system for ranking web pages developed by our founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. And while we have dozens of engineers working to improve every aspect of Google on a daily basis, PageRank continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools. PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."
- PageRank Explained: The Google Pagerank Algorithm and How It Works, a whitepaper by Ian Rogers of IPR Computing Ltd.
- Google's PageRank Explained and How to Make the Most of It by Phil Craven — actually shows the mathematical algorithm used to calculate PageRank
en.wikipedia.org/PageRank--also illustrates the math behind the ranking
[edit] Tips: Interact, Report, Grow
- Tips thanks to webworkshop.net
Tool: PageRank calculator
- Tool: Free PageRank check, thanks to blogflux.com--provides both a form that returns the current PageRank of any URI, and a code snippet that can be added to any and every page of your site, giving the current PageRank of that particular page in an 80 by 15 px button.
- Tool: alternative to the above, offering three different sizes of dynamic buttons
From Google's FAQ pages: Google Help » Help Center Home » My site and Google » My site’s ranking in Google »
- How can I improve my site's ranking?
- Why does my site have a PageRank of zero?
- Why should I report paid links to Google?
- Why is my page's location in the search results lower than before?
- What can I do if I'm afraid my competitor is harming my ranking in Google?
Related wiki pages: Configure your domain for Google Apps, SEO
