1. A computer-implemented method for classifying an object in a taxonomy, the taxonomy including a plurality of nodes associated with a plurality of classes, the method comprising: (A) identifying a plurality of search strings based on a plurality of class keywords associated with the plurality of nodes; (B) using a search engine to perform a plurality of searches on the object using the plurality of search strings to produce a plurality of search scores corresponding to the plurality of search strings; (C) identifying one of the plurality of nodes based on the plurality of search scores; and (D) classifying the object in a class associated with the identified node.