Source: seoresearcher.com

Will the system described in the recent Google’s patent become a new ranking algorithm to augment the existing PageRank?

PhraseRank

From the very beginning, Google’s distinctive feature was the hyperlink induced popularity ranking. Algorithms using text content to evaluate relevancy of web documents played much lesser role. The reasons to this disparity are purely pragmatical: authors of web documents have total control over their content and are at liberty to modify it to deceive ranking algorithms and get higher positions in search results. Hyperlinks however are much less influenced by webmasters and provide a more reliable measure of authority (link weight) and relevance (link anchor).

Now Google introduces a new way to evaluate relevancy of a web document based on its content which might prove itself to be immune to manipulation attempts such as adjusting the keyword density or the automated generation of keyword-rich web pages. Actually the new system can become a remedy against MFA (Made For AdSense) sites that display meaningless scrapped keyword-rich content with paid contextual advertisements.

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