PR isn't PageRank...

[Erind]

Did you know that PR stands for PigeonRank, and not PageRank? While nowadays everyone refers to it as PageRank, PigeonRank was the original name of the ranking system that Google developed in 2002 I think it was.

Read it while looking through a simple Google TimeLine :P

[wpguy]

i heard that first time, "PigeonRank" sounds funny :p

[aspire]

Even Google was not intended to be spelled the way it is now done. !!

[Elward]

Here's Google's own page about "Pigeon Rank"

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

[DarkX]

Note: This page was posted for April Fool's Day - 2002.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PigeonRank#2002:_Pigeon_Rank

[nicku]

cool, i don't think it really matters though, and Page Rank makes a lot more sense... could you imagine if everyone was going crazy over their pigeon rank, it just doesn't sound right

[devsn]

lol @ Pigeon Rank.. :p

dnscop uses PR.. lol

[crystak]

It's Page rank.. 'Page' being the name of the guy who invented it :p.

That pigeon thing is a 1st April joke haha :D.

[gsv13]

You mean to say there is no diff between Larry page and Larry Pigeon :D

[ChristopherSunderland]

Note: This page was posted for April Fool's Day - 2002.

[Stallion]

Pigeon Rank sounds very appropriate!

[WebAttend]

Yeah, I think Pigeon Rank is a better indication of its relevance, or maybe Page Prank

[Erind]

lol. I think a few took it for real. At first I took it for real, went into wikipedia and everything, then I went back to the page and at the end was the stupid note. I thought I was onto something :P lol.

[ChristopherSunderland]

Google uses only low-cost, off-the-street pigeons for its clusters. Gathered from city parks and plazas by Google's pack of more than 50 Phds (Pigeon-harvesting dogs), the pigeons are given a quick orientation on web site relevance and assigned to an appropriate data coop.

Got to laugh:D

[bogart]

That's an old April fools joke by Google but still funny all the same.

[Overclock099]

Also stand for Public Relation, Press Release or maybe Puerto Rico..:D

[ryukenden]

In medical term, PR is "per rectal". We often say PR examination for per rectal examination.

So CheckPR might be confusing for medical professionals.

[cait89]

Ha, I actually believed that for a second! =]

[articledirectory]

In medical term, PR is "per rectal". We often say PR examination for per rectal examination.

So CheckPR might be confusing for medical professionals.

If that was the case so many webmaster would not want thier PR to go up LOL :)

[ChristopherSunderland]

Ha, I actually believed that for a second! =]

You should be embarrassed to say so!:)

[sabian1982]

So it started as PigeonRank, then became PageRank and then finally became PointlessRank... well there you go lol

[ChristopherSunderland]

So it started as PigeonRank, then became PageRank and then finally became PointlessRank... well there you go lol

:D Basically.:)

[master_06]

Here's Google's own page about "Pigeon Rank"

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

This is a very nice source here Elward. Thank you very much for sharing this one with us. ;)

[serveandshare]

PR = press release. or perhaps private rights? and of course page rank. pigeon rank. lmfao. ha ha ho hee ah ah ow eeee.

[The Stealthy One]

Wow, it's funny the amount of people who fell for this. :)

[dekcom]

Also stand for Public Relation,

[wrapper]

Funny you are kinda right it isn't web-page rank it is the guy who came up with the formulas last name as a tribute. The pigeon rank was an april fools joke...in 2002 or so! funny it is still circulating!