PageRank is probably one of the most important algorithms ever developed for the Web. PageRank is not simply based upon the total number of inbound links. The basic approach of PageRank is that a document is in fact considered the more important the more other documents link to it, but those inbound links do not count equally. good points here about Trust now being a major factor in search engine results, that goes with what Rand and others have been saying too. this also settles for me the value of a natural approach to gaining backlinks and not getting a huge bunch of them, or a large # of high pr backlinks in a short period of time - it rather undermines the Trust factor. I do wonder what you think of bing and how Trust does/will play a role in their results. it seems to me from a rather preliminary and cursory look at some results and comparing those to over at google and yahoo, that bing ofter relies more on the keyword/s being the actual url, which seems to me a rather poor way to rank sites/pages.
PageRank is probably one of the most important algorithms ever developed for the Web.
ReplyDeletePageRank is not simply based upon the total number of inbound links.
The basic approach of PageRank is that a document is in fact considered the more important the more other documents link to it,
but those inbound links do not count equally.
good points here about Trust now being a major factor in search engine results,
that goes with what Rand and others have been saying too.
this also settles for me the value of a natural approach to gaining backlinks and not getting a huge bunch of them,
or a large # of high pr backlinks in a short period of time - it rather undermines the Trust factor.
I do wonder what you think of bing and how Trust does/will play a role in their results.
it seems to me from a rather preliminary and cursory look at some results and comparing those to over at google and yahoo,
that bing ofter relies more on the keyword/s being the actual url,
which seems to me a rather poor way to rank sites/pages.