Patent ID: 8732585

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a sidebar provided by a content provider and executing on a computer, an update to an Internet community website, the update having been made by a member of the Internet community website, the Internet community website comprising a plurality of members, the member having a relationship to a user of the sidebar, the user being one of the plurality of members of the Internet community website, and a subscriber to the content provider; automatically obtaining user information stored for the user in a user database maintained by the content provider, said user information comprising user interest information corresponding to the user and behavioral information relating to recent actions performed by the user; automatically selecting, based on the automatically obtained user information and without user input at the computer, Internet community websites that the user will receive indicators for; and displaying an indicator in one of a plurality of modules of the sidebar, the plurality of modules being arranged in a vertical stack of modules, the vertical stack of modules comprising a tabbing structure that is tabbed according to content of each of the plurality of modules, the indicator being perceptible to the user, so that the user is alerted to the update by the member during interaction by the member and immediately upon the update occurring, the indicator providing an indication as to the activity performed during said interaction by the member.