Google PageRank Algorithm
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There are a number of explanations available on the web for Page's
algorithm that ranks a web page for importance. More than 200 other
criteria are used by google's search engine to determine display order
of hits after a search request.

A mathematical treatment can be found by searching for

                       "AMS pagerank stochastic"

which is an html page published by the American Mathematical Society.
The author is David Austin.

Explained there is the algorithm, using examples, and the connection
with stochastic matrices and eigenanalysis, the power method and the
fine tweaking of power method techniques for the case of Lawrence Page's
algorithm.

Popularity and the PageRank Algorithm
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A first introduction to Page's ranking algorithm can be based upon
a measurement of popularity among a small group of friends. Recommended
is reading the web page below, which is an elementary introduction to the
ideas in the form of a Matlab exercise:

http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~math20f/Fall/Lab2/Lab2.shtml