Simple concepts of popularity, authoritativeness and success of the Internet are visually displayed by rating. Users of social networks, torrent trackers and also the websites and other services can have rating. The system of calculation is applied to each of them.
The rating of users serves in social network "VKontakte" for sorting of search results. When entering search query with certain data in the first line the user suitable under request with the highest rating will be displayed, and the subsequent results will be sorted by a measure of its decrease. The rating on social network "VKontakte" is divided into two parts. The first gives the chance to receive the rating of 100%, just having completely filled out the questionnaire. And the second — to raise rating it is even above, actively helping with development of social network. For example, inviting new participants. Thus, the rating of the website of VKontakte reflects completeness of information about the user and his activity. It helps to put by search on the first places of the most active participants which provide about themselves more information. Increasing the rating on social network "VKontakte", the user helps with search of the page to the relatives, acquaintances, colleagues and partners. In addition users who have the greatest rating receive a priority in the Friends and Friends Online lists, drawing to themselves bigger attention.
The rating helps to regulate file sharing in a torrent networks. Here it reflects a ratio of volume of the files downloaded by the user at other participants, and volume of files which the user distributed them. Each torrent tracker has the threshold of the minimum rating installed by it at which downloading of files is available. If the rating falls below such threshold, the tracker will not allow the user to download new files. Participants who have high rating are on the contrary encouraged with torrent trackers. Such system was thought up specially that exchange in network was equivalent, and there were no situations when the user who downloaded the file refused to distribute it to other participants at once, using the website only as the consumer.
The rating allows to find the interesting websites which contain the most complete and qualitative information on a certain subject. It is under construction on the basis of data of statistical which reflects attendance of the website, the time spent of users for its pages, popularity of articles and demand of its services. Such information allows to evaluate the sizes of audience, a subject popular among users, and need of their addition. Considerable influence on the rating of the website in search engines have references to its articles which are placed at forums, in blogs or on other websites. Such references are called external. Than the page or the website has bigger quantity of external references, especially she receives high rating in search engines. The pages or the websites having the greatest rating, search engines display on the first lines in results of the corresponding search query.
Many services on the Internet have own system of rating which allows users to find quicker the most qualitative and thought over among them.