1. A method comprising: receiving first activity information for a sender of a first link to at least one recipient collected by a collection resource at a Web site, wherein no personally identifiable information of the sender is collected in the first activity information; storing the first activity information at a storage server; receiving second activity information when a recipient accesses the first link sent by the sender corresponding to the first activity information stored at the storage server, wherein no personally identifiable information of the recipient is collected in the second activity information; using at least one processor, using the first activity information to identify a first node in a social graph as being representative of the sender; using the second activity information to identify a second node in the social graph as being representative of the recipient; determining a category for the first link as a first category type; and in the social graph, creating a first edge between the first and second nodes, wherein the first edge is representative of the first category type.
1. A method comprising: receiving first activity information for a sender of a first link to at least one recipient collected by a collection resource at a Web site, wherein no personally identifiable information of the sender is collected in the first activity information; storing the first activity information at a storage server; receiving second activity information when a recipient accesses the first link sent by the sender corresponding to the first activity information stored at the storage server, wherein no personally identifiable information of the recipient is collected in the second activity information; using at least one processor, using the first activity information to identify a first node in a social graph as being representative of the sender; using the second activity information to identify a second node in the social graph as being representative of the recipient; determining a category for the first link as a first category type; and in the social graph, creating a first edge between the first and second nodes, wherein the first edge is representative of the first category type. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the collection resource at a Web site used to collect first activity information comprises an instant messenger application.