Question

1. Discuss the Problems associated with the PageRank Algorithm

2. How Google Addressed PageRank Algorithm issues

Answer 1

1. Discuss the Problems associated with the PageRank Algorithm

Answer)
PageRank is an algorithm which is used by Google to rank the website in their search engine result. The algorithm was named after Larry Page. PageRank counts the number and quality of links to a page and determines with a rough estimate that how important the website actually is, while it considers that the important websites are to receive more links from other websites. There are some problems associated with the PageRank algorithm such as:
a) Disconnected webs and websites where the PageRank is likely to suffer when no links from other websites are going into the website.
b) Dangling nodes i.e. vertex or nodes with out-degree zero, where there are no outgoing links. PageRank doesn't work well in this scenario too.