Abstract: A social purchasing, networking, and ranking method and system for linking consumers and merchants who share similar social values, personal values, and personal contacts or referrals. The present invention may allow both a consumer and merchant to associate specific criteria such as personal values, religious faith, hobbies, interests, affiliations, political party, favorite charitable organization, social responsibility value, and the like with their respective profiles. A conventional electronic network, or web, search by the consumer launches a first graphical user interface module wherein a list of participating merchants is searched for keyword matches, and then ranked according to the preselected criteria such as the social values, personal referrals, and geographic location of the participating merchant.

Abstract: A permissive search intent registry allowing intending purchasers to receive special offers and incentives from participating merchants wherein merchants may thereby more effectively target advertising campaigns by gaining access to a pool of intending purchasers, allowing merchants to differentiate between intending purchasers and mere “click-thrus”. An intending purchaser may tag a search, product, or category of products as being related to a purchase intention and thereby automatically be linked to participating merchants via the present invention. Intending purchasers are rewarded for the disclosure regarding their purchase intent and their estimated purchase timeline by receiving special offers, rewards, and/or incentives from the participating merchants that are not readily available to the general public.

Abstract: A method for providing an incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website. The present invention includes a network capable of capturing a portion of money related to Internet commerce, and allocate said money in a manner that provides incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website. The network architecture includes a smart client configured to request services from network servers.

Abstract: A method for providing an incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website. The present invention includes a network capable of capturing a portion of money related to Internet commerce, and allocating said money in a manner that provides incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website.

Abstract: A method and apparatus that includes a method and apparatus for pooling resources into a common fund such that the risk benefit is held low by assigning rating to the individual members as well as allowing people with similar characteristic or profiles to participate in the pool.