Google officially dumps (sort of) PageRank (again)
To give a little history, PageRank used to be a major indicator in determining where your website (web page) ranked in the search engines. PageRank ranges from 0 to 10, 10 being the best.
The higher the PR (PageRank) the better you ranked (historically) for that particular page (each page is assigned its own PageRank).
PageRank was important before other behavioral factors/indicators took the limelight. Google and other search engines used PageRank as an indication of popularity among web searchers (almost like a meta-behavioral indicator). Now Google (and others) have been tracking real behavior, like click behavior, search history, geographic location, etc. Its a web users actions that will determine a web page’s "popularity" and relevancy, which in turn has helped to make PageRank (mostly) obsolete.
Has Google dumped PageRank completely? No. They haven’t said that officially. They have officially said that following PageRank as the sole indicator of ranking and indexing of your…
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