What is Page rank?
Answered across 5 episodes of The Best SEO Podcast
Edited and curated by Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast (produced by EWR Digital).
Google's foundational algorithm that determined a page's importance and prominence based on the quantity and quality of backlinks pointing to it.
How experts on the show define it
Google's foundational algorithm that determined a page's importance and prominence based on the quantity and quality of backlinks pointing to it.
A Google metric named after Larry Page, not the term web page. More web pages on a site can increase its page rank potential, but improper internal linking can prevent a site from reaching that maximum.
From SEO Vs. Yellow Pages and Video Submission on YouTube - Unknown Secrets of SEO E-Webstyle Number 6
Named after Larry Page, it is a measure of a website's authority. More web pages on a site can increase its page rank potential, but improper internal linking can prevent a site from reaching that maximum.
From How to Avoid SEO Sabotage - Unknown Secrets of SEO E-Webstyle Number 7
Google's numerical measure of a webpage's authority and value, referenced in the episode when evaluating whether a reciprocal link partner is a high-quality or low-quality site.
Google's iterative, algorithm-based measure of a page's global link popularity, influenced by the quantity and quality of external sites linking to it.
From Keywords and Twitter, What to do with both? - #seopodcast45
Episodes that cover this
- 12 Ways to Get Quality Backlinks by SpyFu Ep. 547
- SEO Vs. Yellow Pages and Video Submission on YouTube - Unknown Secrets of SEO E-Webstyle Number 6
- How to Avoid SEO Sabotage - Unknown Secrets of SEO E-Webstyle Number 7
- Specific Calls to Action to Convert Web Traffic, A Great Interview Part 4 of 4 - Unknown Secrets of SEO E-Webstyle Number 31
- Keywords and Twitter, What to do with both? - #seopodcast45
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