33. The system of claim 29 , wherein the results of the refined search are returned to the recipient other than the user, and wherein the recipient is based on the results of the refined search.
29. A search enhancement system implemented across a network, comprising: a search engine having access to a content source; an application module; at least one ratings service that is external to the application module, to the search engine, and to the content source, wherein the ratings service is accessible to the application module across the network, the ratings service comprising any of a secondary source and a supplementary source comprising rating information; a receipt at the application module from a user at a user terminal of a specification by the user of at least one of the ratings services; a receipt at the application module of a search query entered by the user at the user terminal, the search query comprising at least one search parameter specified by the user; a data query sent by the application module over the network, upon receipt of the specification by the user of the ratings services, to the user-specified ratings services; a receipt of rating information at the application module from at least one of the user-specified ratings services over the network in response to the sent data query, wherein the rating information is independently maintained by the at least one ratings service; a refined search provided through the application module, wherein the refinement comprises any of at the application module, using the received rating information from at least one of the user-specified ratings services in conjunction with the search parameters received from the user to perform the search at the search engine through retrieval of content from the content source, wherein search results received from the search engine at the application module comply with both the search parameters received from the user and the received rating information from the user-specified ratings services; performing the search at the search engine through retrieval of content from the content source with the search parameters received from the user and subsequently filtering search results received from the search engine at the application module with the received rating information from at least one of the user-specified ratings services, and performing the search at the search engine through retrieval of content from the content source with the search parameters received from the user and subsequently providing any of organizing and sorting of the search results received from the search engine at the application module with the received rating information from at least one of the user-specified ratings services; and a return of the results of the refined search from the application module to any of the user at the user terminal and a recipient at a recipient terminal, the recipient other than the user.