Patent ID: 7490082

Claim:
A method for providing search results for a network, said network having a plurality of sites, comprising: indexing a plurality of pages included in a site of said plurality of sites into a single searchable entity; receiving a query, said query including at least two search terms and a NOT term; searching said single searchable entity based on said query; discarding an additional site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said first term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said second term of said at least two search terms; and providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms, said list is ranked according to a weighing system.