A computational chemist at Washington State University has adapted Google's seminal search algorithm, PageRank, so that instead of mapping trillions of web pages it maps out the shapes and chemical ...

Every aspect of modern science revolves around publishing important and timely articles in journals where they are more likely to be noticed--in some cases, exposure can be more important than ...

The PageRank algorithm is a key part of Google’s method of ranking web pages in search results. It uses the network of links between web pages to determine their value and, famously, judges a page to ...

Associate chemistry professor Aurora Clark of Washington State University and colleagues Barbara Logan Mooney and L. Rene Corrales have applied Google’s PageRank algorithm for determining the ...

PageRank is a foundational algorithm that has significantly influenced the way search engines rank webpages by assessing both the quantity and quality of inbound links. The technique, originally ...

Researchers at Washington State University and the University of Arizona have shown that Google's famous PageRank algorithm applies to more than just webpages. It also works with water molecules.

Practical quantum computers don't exist yet, but if they did, could they solve the problem of searching the Web? A particularly challenging problem in finding content is ranking the results: ...

Aaron Wall over at SEOBook, has put together an infographic explaining how Google has made the organic link irrelevant. It's ironic that Google's actions have largely devalued the search rank benefits ...