Google’s PageRank Explained by Phil Craven
If you’ve ever been interested in finding out more about how PageRank really works, you definitely will want to read this article by Phil Craven:
Keep in mind that this article is not based on the actual algorithm currently used by Google, but rather an algorithm for PageRank which was posted by Google during it’s development. While the actual algorithm remains unknown, the algorithm used in this article is still representative of the main idea behind PageRank and thus the conclusions found will very likely still be reflective of how PageRank is working.
While many of us may know the main principles of PageRank and understand that linking is important to increase it, this article demonstrates in more detail with number figures just how linking will increase, decrease and distribute PageRank. If you have a large site, you can use these principles to help boost the page rank of important parts of your website by distributing your individual pages PageRank and linking internally more so to some pages than others.
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