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title: "What is the difference between page rank and Search engine result page?"  
description: "What is the difference between page rank and Search engine result page?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2020-12-14  
updated: 2020-12-14  
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category: "digital marketing"  
tags: ["seo"]  
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# What is the difference between page rank and Search engine result page?

What is the [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157114/good-news-or-bad-news-and-the-difference-is) between [page](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13031/why-to-make-a-wikipedia-page) [rank](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33707/what-is-the-difference-between-rank-and-dense_rank-functions-in-sql-server) and [Search engine](https://www.mindstick.com/services/search-engine-optimization) [result](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12011/advantages-of-getting-result-oriented-seo-from-an-agency) page?

## Replies

### Reply by Shrikant Mishra

The web page ranking is depend on [Google's algorithm](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12297/google-algorithms-why-so-important). It is a metric for measuring the performance of the webpage submitted by webmasters to the search engines. The Google discontinued revealing the page-rank to the world.

The [SERP([Search engine](https://www.mindstick.com/services/search-engine-optimization) results pages)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_results_page) lists the pages that relate to any query made by the user. Theoe results include both organic search as well as paid results. Wher the results in the SERPs hold some position, and these are not just random positions. Like this, the ranking positions are decided by the search engines using sophisticated algorithms, and page rank is one of them.

### Reply by David Boon

**PageRank** \

- Specific to Google
- Represents the quality of a page and/or domain
- Helps a site climb up the search rank for relevant queries on Google, but isn't the only factor

## Search Rank

- General that applies to all search engines
- Refers to the placement of a particular Web page on the search result pages
- Can be improved by SEO

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