PageRank is a link analysis algorithm, named after Larry Page, used by the Google Internet search engine that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set. The algorithm may be applied to any collection of entities with reciprocal quotations and references. The numerical weight that it assigns to any given element E is also called the PageRank of E and denoted by PR(E).

The name "PageRank" is a trademark of Google, and the PageRank process has been patented (U.S. Patent 6,285,999). However, the patent is assigned to Stanford University and not to Google. Google has exclusive license rights on the patent from Stanford University. The university received 1.8 million shares of Google in exchange for use of the patent; the shares were sold in 2005 for $336 million.

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these changes have but small effects on your sites rank unless of course your site commits a Google crime like keyword stuffing paying for inbound links or any other fraud technique When Google changes dramatically we all have to be ready and have our SEO as efficient as possible in order to reduce the damages or maximize the positives Google has recently declared

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of this blog but not overly clever or too narrowly focused I leave it to my readers to tell me if it works As a test case for Google s new algorithm this seems to be proof positive I am fairly certain no one has created a link to me yet with the link text substantially similar yet I m already the top result Another change I noticed is the substitution of third party

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It is significant to note that the true . Page Rank. as determined by above method is not the same as the . Page Rank. displayed by the 'Google Toolbar'. Right . PageRank. can range from .15 to more than a few million. ...

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Search Engine Journal (blog) ... blogging is definitely more effective in getting traffic back to my site, as well as getting links on pages that are usually guaranteed future PageRank . ...
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Mondo Informatico (Blog) Le informazioni sono varie dal pagerank , alla valutazione rank alexa, alla sicurezza, usando sistemi di controllo sofisticati come Wot e McAfee.

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How do I find my current approximate Google or other Pagerank?
Q. I've even used a tool that did this before but I can't find one. The tool did something like this: produced my Pagerank and displayed 15 different 'sources' that each showed something between 0 and 4 (in my case). Shortly thereafter, an official update occured and sure enough I had PR4. Now I'm trying to find this tool again! Thanks!
Asked by KurtEK - Fri May 11 18:34:48 2007 - - 3 Answers - 1 Comments

A. I don't know which site you are referring to however I use the following 2 sites to monitor my websites: Page Rank: Link Check: Regards, Zyfert
Answered by Zyfert - Fri May 11 22:25:13 2007

How can I check and validate a entire site pagerank? How do I improve pagerank?
Q. Thanks in advance!
Asked by Xiaohui Liu - Wed Jun 3 12:52:15 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Use site: to check and validate site PR. Mainly building backlinks will improve your website's PR. Google likes fresh content. If your site has a lot of fresh content, then it will rank high in Google. freeprchecker.com also has many helpful articles and video tutorials on how to improve website pageranks and backlinks. anyway, check them out, you'll find them helpful.
Answered by Daniel - Wed Jun 3 13:01:59 2009

What influence has file size on PageRank?
Q. I'm contemplating reducing file size even further. Does file size have any influence on PageRank at all?
Asked by unknown - Tue Dec 23 10:31:21 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. None at all (although it might have influence on the position the page appears in search results).
Answered by David D - Tue Dec 23 10:34:54 2008

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