Abstract: The invention relates to a method for visually presenting a set of properties of a web site, which comprises: (a) predefining within a provider's search engine a set of properties and assigning to each property a visual symbol; (b) using a spider program, visiting by said provider's search engine each web site and determining those properties from said set that are characteristic to that web site; (c) associating by said provider's search engine with each web site those symbols corresponding to said determined properties; (d) forming for each web site a corresponding combined visual representation of the web site based on said associated symbols; and (e) when listing search results to a user, including the combined visual representation for each web site respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for visually presenting a set of properties of a web site, which comprises: (a) predefining within a provider's search engine a set of properties and assigning to each property a visual symbol; (b) using a spider program, visiting by said provider's search engine each web site and determining those properties from said set that are characteristic to that web site; (c) associating by said provider's search engine with each web site those symbols corresponding to said determined properties; (d) forming for each web site a corresponding combined visual representation of the web site based on said associated symbols; and (e) when listing search results to a user, including the combined visual representation for each web site respectively.

Abstract: Method for carrying out a search of Web sites according to a search criteria, comprising the steps of (a) pre-indexing the sites of the Web, including grouping the Web sites according to predefined group-criteria; (b) pre-classifying each Web site according to a predefined set of properties; (c) pre-visual-formulating each Web site according to its identified properties; and (d) upon searching of Web sites that sustain a search criterion, displaying the formed site results divided into said pre-indexed groups wherein each site within a group is displayed according to its visual-formulation.