I've built (back in the day) a forums search engine that utilized links count to sort results, and it was surprising how useful it was, like it made a usable se

I've built (back in the day) a forums search engine that utilized links count to sort results, and it was surprising how useful it was, like it made a usable search engine, not the best but usable, it felt a bit like google and less like forums search functionalities. What's unique about pagerank is that the next best improvement that will give you as much benefits would be way more complex. So yeah its simplicity is its main merit.