Its so fun to write oversimplified posts about such-and-such is dead. Not because its true. At best you can point out something is broken and alternatives are rising fast. But I wonder how the people behind the aging technology and...
As a Google user, you're familiar with the speed and accuracy of a Google search. How exactly does Google manage to find the right results for every query as quickly as it does? The heart of Google's search technology is PigeonRank™, a system for ranking web pages developed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University.
Welcome to the Ranking Web of Universities, also known as Webometrics Ranking. The new edition has been published on the 7th of February based on data collected during the first days of January. It provides the largest and most updated directory and ranking of higher education institutions (now over 21000!) in the world.
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