Yeah... and back then that published pageRank algo paper indicated they counted every link... recip unrelated or otherwise... to think that paper is very relevant today is IMO, a giant leap of faith, it is relevant only in that it was a starting point but... lots has changed and that could include the zero value since back then they pretty much did penalties with hand jobs and all or nothing banning.

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