Internet search algorithms

internet bot that systematically browses the World Wide Web, typically for the purpose of Web indexing (web spidering)

thumb|upright=1.35|An animation of the PageRank algorithm running on a small network of pages. The size of the nodes represents the perceived importance of the page, and arrows represent hyperlinks. thumb|upright=1.35|A simple illustration of the Pagerank algorithm. The percentage shows the perceived importance, and the arrows represent hyperlinks. PageRank (PR) is an algorithm used by Google Search to rank web pages in their search engine results. It is named after both the term "web page" and co-founder Larry Page. PageRank is a way of measuring the importance of website pages. According to

any algorithm which solves the search problem, namely, to retrieve information stored within some data structure, or calculated in the search space of a problem domain, either with discrete or continuous values

methods for indexing the contents of a website or of the Internet as a whole.

processing and storage of data to enable fast information querying