As a recent conference Matt Cutts presented a PowerPoint and I found one slide that was very interesting.. It was an example of the Google PageRank Algorithm.. I decided to publish this slide for all of you who are wondering what is page rank. If you can figure it out from this slide let me know because I still am trying to figure this formula out haha.. Are there any math geniuses out there?
Whats PageRank?
Definition 1: Let E(u) be some vector over the Web pages that corresponds to a source of rank. Then, the Pagerank of a set of Web pages is an assignment, R', to the Web pages which satisfies:
This information can be found on Matt Cutts' Personal Blog.
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There are quite a few premium web directories out there and before submitting to them it is always nice to do a little research. One of my personal favorites is the VMOptions.com Web Directory. While doing some research on this directory, I came across something interesting, which I will get to a little later.
Unlike most web directories, VMOptions has a unique feature which separates it from other directories. They permit a unique description on the link detail pages. One would expect this to be costly, especially with the popularity of VMOptions, but there are no additional fees when using this feature. Such features should be more common then they are, especially with Google cracking down on duplicate content.
Many believe Google Sitelinks are an indication of authority, and to some degree this is accurate. But what I found interesting when re-validating VMOptions’ status, is that they actually have two different types of Google Sitelinks which appear for different search terms. Below you will find what appears to be three horizontal Google Sitelinks.
Oddly enough, a completely different set of Google Sitelinks appears while using a different search term. This group of Sitelinks now contains four distinct URLs.
In all, the VMOptions web directory had Google Sitelinks for three of my search queries. While this is still a solid and top performing web directory, the real gem was discovering how Google now appears to be customizing which Sitelinks are displayed for distinct search queries.
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I recently wrote an article on one of my websites about search engine optimization (SEO). If you are interested in learning a little more about SEO and how to improve your SERP rankings, check out this article.
http://www.alreadyhosting.com/articles/guide-to-seo.php
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Google has now turned on a new layer to the popular Google Maps. The new Google Maps now offers live WebCam views for certain areas around the world. Just click on the “More” button on the top right of each map right next to the “Traffic” button. When you do that, it shows you thumbnails from different public Webcams around the world as tracked by Webcams.travel.
You don’t see an actual video, just the most recent still image captured by the Webcam. But this can come in handy when you want to actually see the traffic on a major highway yourself, or how the waves look like at the beach. While you are at it, you can also click on the other layers, such as Wikipedia Entries, photos YouTube Videos, and public transit.
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Those of you who follow pagerank updates... Today is your day.. It appears that Google has has a pagerank update on April 1, 2009 ... And thats no april fools joke 
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