28. A method of processing a search query with an online computing system comprising: a) receiving a search query relating to a first event and/or a first topic; determining if said search query includes temporal parameters related to said first event and/or said first topic; b) generating an initial set of search results, including an initial set of electronic documents, which are responsive to the search query with the online computing system; c) based on steps (a) and (b) processing documents, including said initial set of electronic documents, to determine temporal characteristics of such documents with respect to said first event and/or said first topic; wherein said temporal characteristics are associated with content in said documents pertaining to {object, object status} pairs but are not any of creation time alone, publication time alone, or a combination of creation time and publication time alone; further wherein said processing determines said temporal characteristics in said documents by analyzing said {object, object status} pairs and assigning an object status for each object to a distinct temporal period; and d) altering a composition and/or ordering of said initial set of search results based on said step (c) and returning such as a final set of search results responsive to said search query.
28. A method of processing a search query with an online computing system comprising: a) receiving a search query relating to a first event and/or a first topic; determining if said search query includes temporal parameters related to said first event and/or said first topic; b) generating an initial set of search results, including an initial set of electronic documents, which are responsive to the search query with the online computing system; c) based on steps (a) and (b) processing documents, including said initial set of electronic documents, to determine temporal characteristics of such documents with respect to said first event and/or said first topic; wherein said temporal characteristics are associated with content in said documents pertaining to {object, object status} pairs but are not any of creation time alone, publication time alone, or a combination of creation time and publication time alone; further wherein said processing determines said temporal characteristics in said documents by analyzing said {object, object status} pairs and assigning an object status for each object to a distinct temporal period; and d) altering a composition and/or ordering of said initial set of search results based on said step (c) and returning such as a final set of search results responsive to said search query. 35. The method of claim 28 wherein advertising is presented to a user presenting said search query based on a temporal sequence identified for an electronic document as it is reviewed by said user.