Patent ID: 8635216

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) receiving, by a search engine site, a network search query from a first user; (b) determining, by the search engine site, at least first and second search results for responding to the search query; (c) thereafter prioritizing, by the search engine site, at least the first and second search results based on first visitation information related to at least one first network site visited previously by the first user and second visitation information related to at least one second network site visited previously by at least one other second user; and (d) providing, by the search engine site, the user with at least a portion of the prioritized first and second search results; wherein step (b) comprises the substeps: (B1) displaying, by the network appliance, first visitation information to the first user prior to the first visitation information being provided to the search engine site; (B2) receiving, by the network appliance, from the first user at least one of the following: (i) a selection of one or more network site designations to be removed from the displayed first visitation information; (ii) a designation of one or more network site designations in the displayed first visitation information as being private; and (iii) a rank and/or order of one or more network site designations in the displayed first visitation information, wherein the rank and/or order is indicative of the first user's perception of a relative importance of each such ranked and/or ordered site.