5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: storing a plurality of authority signature values in a database; and retrieving and displaying information regarding one or more authors from the database having a predetermined rank or authority signature value for a query topic in response to a request regarding the query topic.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the retrieving and displaying step comprises: outputting information regarding all users with authority signature values for the query topic above a threshold value.