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TrustRank is an algorithm that conducts link analysis to separate useful webpages from spam and helps search engine rank pages in SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). It is semi-automated process which means that it needs some human assistance in order to function properly.
The domain authority (also referred to as thought leadership) of a website describes its relevance for a specific subject area or industry.Domain Authority is a search engine ranking score developed by Moz. [1] This relevance has a direct impact on its ranking by search engines, trying to assess domain authority through automated analytic algorithms.
Domain Authority (DA), a website metric developed by Moz, is a predictive metric to determine a website's traffic and organic search engine rankings. Domain Authority is based on different link metrics, such as number of linking root domains, number of total backlinks, and the distance of backlinks from the home page of websites.
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the quality and quantity of website traffic to a website or a web page from search engines. [1] [2] SEO targets unpaid search traffic (usually referred to as "organic" results) rather than direct traffic, referral traffic, social media traffic, or paid traffic.
The rise of spamdexing in the mid-1990s made the leading search engines of the time less useful. Using unethical methods to make websites rank higher in search engine results than they otherwise would is commonly referred to in the SEO (search engine optimization) industry as "black-hat SEO". [6]
Google Penguin is a codename [1] for a Google algorithm update that was first announced on April 24, 2012. The update was aimed at decreasing search engine rankings of websites that violate Google's Webmaster Guidelines [2] by using now declared Grey Hat SEM techniques involved in increasing artificially the ranking of a webpage by manipulating the number of links pointing to the page.
RankBrain is a machine learning-based search engine algorithm, the use of which was confirmed by Google on 26 October 2015. [1] It helps Google to process search results and provide more relevant search results for users. [2]
Search engine evaluation is covered by multiple articles: Comparison of web search engines , which is qualitative and lists the qualities of popular search engines Evaluation measures (information retrieval) , which is quantitative and which describes general methods by which any search engine results might be evaluated