Patent ID: 8112403

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of providing a rating for a web site, the rating obtained from one or more member users, the method including: on a user terminal, receiving feedback data submitted by a user using a graphical user interface (GUI) provided on the user terminal, the feedback data relating to the web site; determining, by a processor, whether the user is classified as a member user, wherein the user is classified as a member user when the user satisfies at least one predetermined criteria; upon determining that the user is classified as a member user, storing, by the processor, the received feedback data relating to the web site in a database; upon determining that the user is classified as a non-member user, does not contribute to the feedback data of the web site; preventing, by the processor, the feedback data received from a member user from being accessed by a non-member user; allocating, by the processor, an average member user weighting to the member user, wherein the average member user weighting is obtained by one or more other member users rating previous feedback data of the member user; and calculating, by the processor, an overall rating for the web site at least partially based on a combination of the feedback data and the average member user weighting.