PageRank
An algorithm that ranks web pages by counting and weighting incoming links, forming the basis of Google's early search engine.
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BackRub Web Crawler Introduces Link-Based Page Ranking at Stanford
In March 1996, Larry Page, a PhD student at Stanford University, launched the BackRub web crawler to analyse the backlink structure of the web, laying the algorithmic foundation for what would become Google's PageRank system.