Abstract: A real time Internet search engine program, comprising computer readable media bearing a user interface, adapted to prompt a user to enter a set of Internet sites to be searched and a type of data to be collected. An Internet site-accessing element accesses the Internet sites to gather the type of data to be collected, in real time, and a display interface displays the gathered data to the user. By using real time techniques for accessing data from various end use web sites, it is possible to offer users a search engine, without the need to compile of a large search engine data base.