4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising visually presenting or causing a visual presentation of, to the at least one second user, the geographic location on a map of the first user.
1. A method for promoting awareness of products and services of an advertising sponsor during at least one online event, the method implemented on a central website system comprising a plurality of services accessible to a plurality of users over the Internet, the method comprising: a. in response to receiving input at the central website system from a first user, processing, building, designing, loading, controlling, formatting, and/or setting up at least one online event, wherein the at least one online event is associated with at least one interest; b. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one interest by an advertising sponsor, releasing a list of online events comprising the at least one online event; c. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one online event from the list of online events, processing, building, designing, loading, controlling, formatting, and/or setting up at least one advertising display associated with the advertising sponsor, the at least one advertising display comprising at least one of: a panel, a banner, a button, a link, a navigation bar, a click-on area, a display, a bridge, online content, multimedia content, an exhibit, a demonstration, a presentation, a brochure, a video, a movie, a photograph, a still image, an audio recording, or any combination thereof; d. providing a plurality of control parameters to the at least one advertising sponsor, and responsive to a selection of at least one control parameter by the advertising sponsor, electronically setting, loading, inputting, placing, designing, and/or controlling at least one of: i) a preferred presentation location of the at least one advertising display, ii) at least one exposure factor associated with the at least one advertising display, iii) a specified presentation frequency of the at least one advertising display, iv) a packaging arrangement associated with the at least one advertising display, v) at least one fee option associated with the at least one advertising display, vi) at least one recognition factor associated with the at least one advertising display, or any combination thereof; e. receiving, from at least one second user at the central website system, a search for at least one interest associated with the at least one online event; f. storing, in the database at the central website system, the at least one interest in the profile record associated with the at least one second user; g. facilitating, at the central website system, participation by the first user and the at least one second user in the at least one online event associated with the at least one interest; h. based at least partially on an association between the at least one interest and the at least one advertising display, processing the at least one advertising display at the central website system; and i. during the at least one online event, releasing, from the central website system, to at least one of the first user and the at least one second user, at least a portion of the at least one advertising display.