Dangling Pages and Their Impact on PageRank: A Comprehensive Guide

Dangling pages are web pages that have no outgoing links to other pages within the same website or to external websites. These pages are also called 'dead-end' pages as they are a dead-end for web crawlers and users who visit them. When calculating PageRank of a graph, dangling pages can be problematic because they do not contribute to the overall ranking of the website. If a website has many dangling pages, it can lower the overall PageRank of the website. Therefore, it is important to identify and address dangling pages to ensure that the website's PageRank is accurate and reflects the importance of each page.