PageRank

PageRank is Google's way of measuring the popularity of pages from the number of links to them. Produces good search results, but is now a major target of spammers, who try to get links onto other pages in order to boost their page rank.

• PageRank is dead : http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/000751.html

• SeoContests
• Referer log spamming : http://www.komar.org/faq/scumbags/referrer-log-spamming/
• SpammingThoughtStorms

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Chinese firewall designed to reduce it : http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2004/12/political_risk_.html (OnChina)

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See also :

• SearchEngines
• AnalyzingThoughtStorms