Patent ID: 8296664

Claim:
A method, comprising: presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface; presenting an indicia of risk associated with the plurality of search results within the graphical user interface, wherein the indicia of risk is presented as a risk based icon for each link of the plurality of search results, and wherein a warning window is displayed based on an analysis, which detects that an object on a particular website is attempting to obtain information about a user, and wherein the warning window includes a recommendation to the user based on a reputational characteristic of the particular website; and providing one or more links to alternative websites that offer content similar to that of the particular website, and wherein the alternative websites offer a higher reputational characteristic for managing personal information, wherein the alternative websites are determined using categorization data in a process that includes: identifying a popular category of web content; and selecting the alternative websites based on their respective popularity and security characteristics.