Google PageRank: A Resource Page

PageRank As Explained by Google Itself

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote.

PageRank Uncovered - Formerly PageRank Explained

Written and Theorized by search engine experts Chris Ridings and Mike Shishigin. This is the ultimate resource for understanding Google PageRank.

The Anatomy of a Large Scale Search Engine

By Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the creators of the Google search engine, this is the original Stanford University research paper which describes the concept of PageRank.

Understanding and Building Google PageRank

PageRank is in some ways related to link popularity, but the calculation is dependant on the quality and strength of the links, not just the number of links. So, how does one go about building and increasing their Page Rank. This tutorial by Top Site Listings shows us that it is not as difficult as some may think.