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How Google PageRank Works 
| Written by Tony Herman | |
| Friday, 23 January 2009 | |
Google's way of rating websites is called PageRank. It's their own system and not all search engines provide tools like PageRank and it's technically a secret how it works but there is a lot that we do know. Pages (not just sites but individual pages) with a higher PageRank rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs). So the million dollar questions are:
I found a good website that answers a lot about PageRank (PR). I'll summarize some key points here but feel free to follow the links below and learn more. Factors that increase PageRank:
Factors that decrease PageRank:
We do know that inbound links are VERY important to PR. It may be 70% or more of the score. Any inbound link from a relevant page is good but you want to watch how many other links are on that page. The fewer, the better:
So there's just a taste of how it works. If you want to dig into PageRank, the info is out there. Here are the links I promised:
Have a nice weekend!
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