Page ranking Flashcards
1
Q
What does a search engine require
A
- Web - crawler (Index the content)
- Storage of an index of the keywords
- Page rank algorithm
2
Q
Page rank algorithm
A
Ranks websites in their order of importance
3
Q
Backlink
A
Incoming link from another website
4
Q
Why might a low intrest page have a high page rank
A
If it has a backlink from a high ranking page
5
Q
What happens if you create several pages that feed into 1 to increase its page rank
A
Doing this with e.g. google won’t work as in comparison having backlinks from many low ranking pages isn’t as helpful as having a backlink from a highly ranking page
6
Q
Other factors affecting search results
A
Relevance
Payment (if website has paid google)
Location
Mobile version
Age (prefered older)
7
Q
How to improve page rank algorithm
A
More iterations
The larger the number of nodes in the array , the more iterations is necessary
