14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the web site popularity is determined based on points purchased for the one or more web sites and the points are purchased by a person having an interest in the one or more web sites, the method further including: receiving a user purchase order for points to be added to the rating of a web site under a selected category; and increasing the rating of the web site for the category by the number of purchased points.
11. A method for rating web sites comprising: receiving user input comprising one or more web sites from a first user; grouping the one or more web sites into a favorite category associated with the first user and one or more web search queries; receiving a search term and a user command for conducting a web search from a second user; determining that said search term is within said favorite category and said one or more web queries associated with the first user; using the search term and a web site selected under a category from a second user, the second user given no indication of the grouping and web sites provided by the first user; and changing an order in which websites are listed in exhibited results of a query to a website from those actually returned in said query using said search term of said second user based on the determining that said search term is within said favorite category and said one or more web queries associated with the first user.