10. A method of visually coding search results implemented in a computer comprising at least one processor for executing computer readable instructions stored in a memory, the method comprising: receiving at the computer a result list of a plurality of modified document surrogates, each of the modified document surrogates comprising a document surrogate returned from a search engine in response to a search query, and an indication of a frequency of occurrence of at least one query term of the search query in the document surrogate; processing the result list to provide display information to display the result list on a display device, the processing of the result list comprising: providing in the display information a main portion to display a subset of the result list in a first format, the first format displays for each modified document surrogate in the subset of the result list: a title of the modified document surrogate, the title displayed as a readable hyperlink; and a visual indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term, the visual indication comprising a color shade based on the indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term in the modified document surrogate; providing in the display information a compressed portion to display a compressed view of the result list, including the subset of the result list displayed in the main portion, in a second format, the second format displays for each modified document surrogate in the result list: a representation of the title of the modified document surrogate corresponding to the length and display of the readable hyperlink of the title of the modified document surrogate displayed in the first format; and a compressed visual indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term, the compressed visual indication comprising a color shade corresponding to the visual indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term displayed in the main portion; displaying an indicator frame around the compressed view of the subset of the result list displayed in the main portion; and updating the subset of the result set displayed in the main portion when the indicator frame is repositioned.
10. A method of visually coding search results implemented in a computer comprising at least one processor for executing computer readable instructions stored in a memory, the method comprising: receiving at the computer a result list of a plurality of modified document surrogates, each of the modified document surrogates comprising a document surrogate returned from a search engine in response to a search query, and an indication of a frequency of occurrence of at least one query term of the search query in the document surrogate; processing the result list to provide display information to display the result list on a display device, the processing of the result list comprising: providing in the display information a main portion to display a subset of the result list in a first format, the first format displays for each modified document surrogate in the subset of the result list: a title of the modified document surrogate, the title displayed as a readable hyperlink; and a visual indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term, the visual indication comprising a color shade based on the indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term in the modified document surrogate; providing in the display information a compressed portion to display a compressed view of the result list, including the subset of the result list displayed in the main portion, in a second format, the second format displays for each modified document surrogate in the result list: a representation of the title of the modified document surrogate corresponding to the length and display of the readable hyperlink of the title of the modified document surrogate displayed in the first format; and a compressed visual indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term, the compressed visual indication comprising a color shade corresponding to the visual indication of the frequency of occurrence of the at least one query term displayed in the main portion; displaying an indicator frame around the compressed view of the subset of the result list displayed in the main portion; and updating the subset of the result set displayed in the main portion when the indicator frame is repositioned. 18. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising updating the compressed portion to reposition the indicator frame when the subset of the result list displayed in the main portion is changed.