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Larry Page and Page Rank

A friend of mine told me that Google's "Page rank" got its name not because it ranks pages, but because this algorithm was developed by Larry Page. Is this a joke or a fact?

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alenf
alenf Answered:

According to Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank) this is true.

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Lannie
Lannie Answered:

Yup! Larry Page from Stanford University developed Page Rank.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page

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austing
austing Answered:

Yes, that is true, it was also a surprise for me some time ago :)

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eason83
eason83 Answered:

I think it's for both reasons.

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