PageRank
Google's ranking formula
PageRank is Google's algorithm for ranking web pages by importance, named after co-founder Larry Page.
The system treats links as votes—a page linked by many other pages, especially important ones, ranks higher in search results.
The term now refers broadly to any measure of network influence based on incoming connections: Her PageRank in academic circles is enormous.
Dominant web search provider
- eigenvectorDirection preserved under transformation
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
random walk · adjacency · teleportation · crawling · indexing · computation
Power to enforce obedience
- importanceState of mattering
- relevanceState of mattering here
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- weightMeasure of heaviness
influence · centrality · hierarchy · metric · value · node · vertex · citation
External pages citing yours
- SERPQuery outcome display
- organic trafficUnpaid search-driven visitors
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- inboundTraveling toward a destination
optimization · webmaster · penalty · black hat · white hat
Mathematical study of networks
- social networkStructure of connected individuals
- hubCentral connection point
- spokeCommunicated verbally
- connectivityState of being linked
topology · degree · betweenness · closeness · network analysis · viral spread · cascade
Dominant web search provider
- eigenvectorDirection preserved under transformation
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
convergence · random walk · adjacency · teleportation · crawling · indexing · computation
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- importanceState of mattering
- relevanceState of mattering here
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
weight · influence · centrality · hierarchy · metric · value · node · vertex · citation · prestige
backlinks
External pages citing yours
- SERPQuery outcome display
- organic trafficUnpaid search-driven visitors
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
inbound · optimization · webmaster · penalty · black hat · white hat
graph theory
Mathematical study of networks
- social networkStructure of connected individuals
- hubCentral connection point
- spokeCommunicated verbally
connectivity · topology · degree · betweenness · closeness · network analysis · viral spread · cascade