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137. (Ch. 9.1) The History of Google Part 1

Internet History Podcast

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The Power of PageRank

Larry Page and Sergey Bryn created a search engine in the late 90s. They combined back rub with PageRank to make it more powerful. The algorithm was recursive, meaning that its results could be tweaked even more. Larry: It wasn't immediately obvious that PageRank itself was a world changer.

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