13 Apr
Google Pagerank Simplified
The blog-o-sphere is buzzing with news that we are just weeks (if not days) away from the next Google PageRank update. But what is Google Pagerank?
It gets complicated. And when I say complicated I mean Einstein-esque complicated. The Google PageRank explanation isn’t for the faint of heart. So… if you have heart conditions, blod clots, emphysema, are pregnant, nursing or could become pregnant… Look the other way… NOW!
Google PageRank History
Google PageRank was developed in the mid 90’s by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (pictured left) at Stanford University. The two worked tirelessly for 3 years on an algorithm that could produce a numerical ranking of webpages based on a number of factors (we’ll get to those in a second).