Hence our trust of Google, which ranks a web page by how many other pages are linked to it, and how many other searchers view the page in question.

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At the top of that page I see how Jobs ranks on a few of our lists (with links to each) and I can also follow Jobs and get alerts for new stories about him.

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Google recently reshuffled its ranks under CEO Larry Page and supposedly Mayer was passed over for promotion.

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Google ranks its search results using a proprietary page-ranking system that's partly based on how often a site is linked to from other sites.

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From the Start, I had Miguel Lopez and Cynthia Yildirim, from the ranks of fans, I found my assistant administrators for the page.

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His performance at Woodstock in 1969 catapulted him into the front ranks of the period's British guitar heroes, which included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend.

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