Google PageRank®

Google PageRank® Patent Print "PageRank" Lawrence Page, January 9, 1998. PageRank is an algorithm used by Google Search to rank websites in their search engine results. PageRank was named after Larry Page, one of the founders of Google who is the named inventor on this patent.  Google was founded in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University, California. PageRank was the underlying algorithm that set it apart from other online search entities at the time who were still using standard vector spaced models.PageRank works by counting the number and quality of links to a page to determine a rough estimate of how important the website is. The underlying assumption is that more important websites are likely to receive more links from other websites. It's not the only algorithm used by Google to order search engine results, but it is the first algorithm that was used by the company, and it is the best-known. This patent titled 'Me