1. A method for conducting a profile based search, the method comprising: receiving a search request including one or more search terms from a user; parsing the search request into categorical verticals; determining search refinement data relative to the categorical verticals, the search refinement data including at least one of: profile information, environmental data relative to the search request and historical behavior data relating to the search request or the user; accessing a database of aggregated search data based on the search refinement data; using the aggregated search data, determining a most relevant search query and a most relevant user profile; refining the search request based on the most relevant search query and most relevant user profile; and generating an output display of a search result set based on the refined search request.