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A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search terms for searching the indexed list of informa

A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search terms for searching the indexed list of information with the search engine; receiving one or more keyword search terms with one or more separation characters separating there between; performing a keyword search with the one or more keyword search terms received when a separation character is received; and presenting the number of documents matching the keyword search terms to the end-user presenting a graphical menu item on a display. A system and method of metadata search ranking is disclosed. The present invention utilizes a combination of popularity and/or relevancy to determine a search ranking for a given search result association.

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A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search terms for searching the indexed list of informa

A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search terms for searching the indexed list of information with the search engine; receiving one or more keyword search terms with one or more separation characters separating there between; performing a keyword search with the one or more keyword search terms received when a separation character is received; and presenting the number of documents matching the keyword search terms to the end-user presenting a graphical menu item on a display. A system and method of metadata search ranking is disclosed. The present invention utilizes a combination of popularity and/or relevancy to determine a search ranking for a given search result association. ambopoulos et al.; US-5319542, 19940600, King, Jr. et al.; US-5325424, 19940600, Grube; US-5347632, 19940900, Filepp et al.; US-5359508, 19941000, Rossides; US-5361295, 19941100, Solomon et al.; US-5369694, 19941100, Bales et al.; US-5497502, 19960300, Castille; US-5537314, 19960700, Kanter; US-5539735, 19960700, Moskowitz; US-5555298, 19960900, Jonsson; US-5557677, 19960900, Prytz; US-5590197, 19961200, Chen et al.; US-5602905, 19970200, Mettke; US-5608786, 19970300, Gordon; US-5619148, 19970400, Guo; US-5619570, 19970400, Tsutsui; US-5619725, 19970400, Gordon; US-5619991, 19970400, Sloane; US-5634012, 19970500, Stefik et al.; US-5638432, 19970600, Wille et al.; US-5675734, 19971000, Hair; US-5694549, 19971200, Carlin et al.; US-5710887, 19980100, Chelliah et al.; US-5712979, 19980100, Graber et al.; US-5715314, 19980200, Payne et al.; US-5717860, 19980200, Graber et al.; US-5718247, 19980200, Frankel; US-5721763, 19980200, Joseph et al.; US-5722418, 19980300, Bro; US-5724424, 19980300, Gifford; US-5734961, 19980300, Castille; US-5740231, 19980400, Cohn et al.; US-5745681, 19980400, Levine et al.; US-5768348, 19980600, Solomon et al.; US-5768521, 19980600, Dedrick; US-5778367, 19980700, Wesinger, Jr. et al.; US-5794221, 19980800, Egendorf; US-5809119, 19980900, Tonomura et al.; US-5809145, 19980900, Slik et al.; US-5812769, 19980900, Graber et al.; US-5818836, 19981000, DuVal; US-5819092, 19981000, Ferguson et al.; US-5819267, 19981000, Uyama; US-5819271, 19981000, Mahoney et al.; US-5819285, 19981000, Damico et al.; US-5825869, 19981000, Brooks et al.; US-5825876, 19981000, Peterson, Jr.; US-5832523, 19981100, Kanai et al.; US-5835896, 19981100, Fisher et al.; US-5842212, 19981100, Ballurio et al.; US-5850433, 19981200, Rondeau; US-5860068, 19990100, Cook; US-5862223, 19990100, Walker et al.; US-5864871, 19990100, Kitain et al.; US-5870744, 19990200, Sprague; US-5878130, 19990300, Andrews et al.; US-5884032, 19990300, Bateman et al.; US-5884272, 19990300, Walker et al.; US-5884282, 19990300, Robinson; US-5890138, 19990300, Godin et al.; US-5893077, 19990400, Griffin; US-5907077, 19990500, Glenn et al.; US-5907677, 19990500, Glenn et al.; US-5911132, 19990600, Sloane; US-5914951, 19990600, Bentley et al.; US-5924082, 19990700, Silverman et al.; US-5940471, 19990800, Homayoun; US-5974141, 19991000, Saito; US-5982863, 19991100, Smiley et al.; US-5987430, 19991100, Van Horne et al.; US-5991394, 19991100, Dezonno et al.; US-5999609, 19991200, Nishimura; US-6011794, 20000100, Mordowitz et al.; US-6014644, 20000100, Erickson; US-6026087, 20000200, Mirashrafi et al.; US-6026148, 20000200, Dworkin et al.; US-6026400, 20000200, Suzuki; US-6029141, 20000200, Bezos et al.; US-6035021, 20000300, Katz; US-6046762, 20000400, Sonesh et al.; US-6055513, 20000400, Katz et al.; US-6058379, 20000500, Odom et al.; US-6064978, 20000500, Gardener et al.; US-6130933, 20001000, Miloslavsky; US-6175619, 20010100, DeSimone; US-6185194, 20010200, Musk et al.; US-6188673, 20010200, Bauer et al.; US-6192050, 20010200, Stovall; US-6223165, 20010400, Lauffer; US-6230287, 20010500, Pinard et al., 379/265.09; US-6259774, 20010700, Miloslavsky et al.