14. A method of ranking results of a database search, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a plurality of queries to be searched; (b) receiving an indication of an importance of the plurality of queries by positioning query objects representing the queries on a graphical user interface; (c) receiving an indication of an importance of a first query of the plurality of queries relative to a second query of the plurality of queries, such that two queries indicated to have a high importance relative to each other provide a bonus to a search result having a high frequency of the two queries together, the bonus increasing the relevance of that search result in a ranking of the search results and the amount of the bonus awarded to a pair of queries dependent on a distance between the pair of query objects for the pair of queries such that the pair of queries receive a first bonus when the pair of query objects are a first distance away from each other, a second bonus greater than the first bonus when the pair of query objects are a second distance away from each other and a third bonus greater than the second bonus when the pair of query objects are a third distance away from each other, the first distance being greater than the second distance and the second distance being greater than the third distance; and (d) basing the ranking of the search results at least in part on the importance of the plurality of queries indicated in said step (b), and the importance of the first query relative to the second query indicated in said step (c).
14. A method of ranking results of a database search, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a plurality of queries to be searched; (b) receiving an indication of an importance of the plurality of queries by positioning query objects representing the queries on a graphical user interface; (c) receiving an indication of an importance of a first query of the plurality of queries relative to a second query of the plurality of queries, such that two queries indicated to have a high importance relative to each other provide a bonus to a search result having a high frequency of the two queries together, the bonus increasing the relevance of that search result in a ranking of the search results and the amount of the bonus awarded to a pair of queries dependent on a distance between the pair of query objects for the pair of queries such that the pair of queries receive a first bonus when the pair of query objects are a first distance away from each other, a second bonus greater than the first bonus when the pair of query objects are a second distance away from each other and a third bonus greater than the second bonus when the pair of query objects are a third distance away from each other, the first distance being greater than the second distance and the second distance being greater than the third distance; and (d) basing the ranking of the search results at least in part on the importance of the plurality of queries indicated in said step (b), and the importance of the first query relative to the second query indicated in said step (c). 16. The method recited in claim 14 , wherein said step (d) of basing the ranking of the search results at least in part on the importance of the first query relative to the second query indicated in said step (c) comprises the step of increasing the ranking of a result including the first and second terms as the importance of the first term relative to the second term indicated in said step (c) increases.