Link Analysis PageRank Ranking web pages Web pages are not equally important www.joe-schmoe.comvwww.stanford.edu Inlinks as votes www.stanford.eduhas23,400inlinks www.joe-schmoe.comhas1inlink Are all inlinks equal? Recursive question!Link Analysis 4 Ranking web pages ▪ Web pages are not equally “important” ▪ www.joe-schmoe.com v www.stanford.edu ▪ Inlinks as votes ▪ www.stanford.edu has 23,400 inlinks ▪ www.joe-schmoe.com has 1 inlink ▪ Are all inlinks equal? ▪ Recursive question! PageRank