You could have invented PageRank
Picture this, the year is 1996. You find yourself frustrated with the incumbent search engines like AltaVista, which primarily does a content-based search (it'll give you an article on "Hotels for Chickens" if you search "Hotels" because the word matches). There's gotta be a better way, right? Well, in hindsight, of course. Sergey Brin and
Summary
Imagine being in 1996 and realizing that existing search engines just weren’t cutting it. This piece reflects on the frustrations that led to the creation of PageRank, highlighting the need for a more effective way to search the web.
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