1. A computerized method comprising: receiving a plurality of search criteria from a plurality of users respectively, the plurality of search criteria including a first search criterion that is respectively received from at least two of the plurality of users, the plurality of search criteria to be applied to a common information repository; associating source information and category information with each of the plurality of search criteria, the category information identifying a category of a plurality of categories into which information in the common information repository is categorized, and the source information identifying a source of a plurality of sources via which the plurality of search criteria are received and communicated to enable the receiving of the plurality of search criteria; storing each of the plurality of search criteria in association with the source information and the category information, the storing done at least in part through the use of one or more processors; and maintaining a count of instances of the first search criterion received from the at least two of the plurality of users for each of a plurality of unique source and category information combinations.
9. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein each search criterion of the plurality of search criteria is received as part of a search query.