9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the attributes related to the manner in which the user accessed content include at least one of a network type used to access the document, a Web site from which the content was accessed, an electronic correspondence to which the document was associated, a time of day the content was accessed, a referrer who directed the user to the content, and a content category used by a repository storing the content to describe the content.
7. A computer system for generating a targeted list of entities interested in content of interest, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor and containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of: receiving a set of nouns characterizing content of interest, wherein at least one of the nouns characterizes the subject matter of the content of interest; creating a query based on the set of nouns; querying a database with the query, the database being stored on computer readable media and having stored therein profiles including taxonomic nouns derived from user access to content, the profiles being created by: a) assigning a set of taxonomic nouns based upon author-generated classification information of content accessed by a user; b) assigning a set of taxonomic nouns based upon user-generated tag characterization of a content accessed by a user; c) assigning a set of taxonomic nouns based on a search term that resulted in a user accessing content; d) assigning a set of taxonomic nouns based upon attributes related to the manner in which a user accessed content and e) assigning a set of taxonomic nouns based upon a predetermined pattern rule applied to content accessed by a user; identifying one or more matching profiles stored in the database that satisfy the query, at least one of the one or more matching profiles including one or more taxonomic nouns that match at least one of the nouns in the set of nouns characterizing the content of interest, and at least one of the one or more taxonomic nouns being based on a user-generated tag, generated by a user, that characterizes at least a portion of an item of content, the item of content having been accessed by the user that generated the user-generated tag; and creating a list of users associated with the matching profiles, the list including at least one user associated with a user profile that includes at least one of the one or more taxonomic nouns that is based on the user-generated tag characterizing the at least one item of content.