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Page Rank

Much of what is known about page rank is theory.  Google of course has not published the methods by which they determine page rank.

Page rank, or PR, is a weight assigned to a web page by Google.  Generally a page with a higher page rank is seen as more important and will be more likely to show up in search results.  

Page Rank uses each link to and from a page as a vote, making it a democratic method of determining a page's value in cyberspace.

The 'Page' in page rank does not refer to a web page.  It refers to Larry Page, one of the two original developers of Google.  (Sergey Brin was the other). 

More Information:
WikiPedia article on Page Rank
Google explains Page Rank
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