1. A method for grouping search results from a search for media on a communications network, said media having at least one associated uniform resource indicator (URI), each URI comprising at least one field, each field comprising at least one character, said method comprising the steps of: comparing each field in each URI associated with said media with a mask, said mask comprising at least one masking character; removing each character from each field that matches a masking character, wherein a URI that has been compared with said mask is a resultant URI; and collapsing all identical resultant URIs into one URI.