Multiple choice

Which of the following is used by google search to measure the importance of website pages?

  1. Widget

  2. Hyperlink

  3. Google Toolbar

  4. Pagerank

  5. Applet

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pagerank is an algorithm used by google search to rank websites in their search engine results. 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.