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Search Engine Optimization > Using PageRank
Using PageRank
Google uses the PageRank algorithm to order the results returned by specific search queries. As such, understanding PageRank is crucial to core SEO efforts to improve natural search results.
Depending on who you ask, PageRank is named after its inventor, Lawrence Page, Google’s co-founder—or because it is a mechanism for ranking pages.
