32. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, from particular members of a network, endorsements of electronic articles that that are presented to members of the network, particular ones of the endorsements involving a member of the network affirmatively selecting an endorsement control that is displayed simultaneously with a reference to a corresponding electronic article being endorsed; receiving a local search query from a first member that is for a particular geographic locality; searching one or more article indexes to identify a plurality of local search results that are responsive to the received local search query and correspond to the particular geographic locality, the one or more indexes indexing the electronic articles that are presented to members of the network; identifying, for particular ones of the local search results, corresponding endorsements received from particular members; ranking the plurality of local search results based at least in part on the identified endorsements; and providing references to the ranked local search results for presentation to the first member, wherein the presentation identifies, for particular ones of the references to the search results, particular ones of the members identified as having provided endorsements for the corresponding electronic articles.
40. The computer-implemented method of claim 32 , further comprising prompting one of the members for an endorsement for an electronic article the corresponding member previously visited.