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MENTAL MODEL · M4762

PageRank Algorithm

PageRank Algorithm
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The importance of a web page is not determined by itself, but by the importance of other web pages that link to it. A page linked by high-weight pages also has high weight.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

Recursive definition of power. Your value depends not on what you do, but on "who thinks you are valuable." In social or academic circles, gaining recognition from a big shot (high-weight link) is worth more than ten thousand likes from ordinary people.

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Treat links between web pages as "votes": being linked means receiving a vote, and the weight of the vote depends on the importance of the voting page itself, forming a recursive definition. Through iterative computation, importance propagates through the link network and converges to a stable value (the probability distribution of a random walk). Importance = being recognized by the important.

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