Metasearch engine for returning price data related to at least one stock returned in search results, at least one related news item link, and at least one advertisement using at least one query on multiple unique hosts

摘要

A process for metasearching on the Internet performed by a metasearch engine, comprising: receiving an HTTP request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send at least one stock related search query to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to stock related information; sending the at least one stock related search query to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the HTTP request; receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts, comprising price data related to at least one stock; incorporating the received search results comprising the price data related to the at least one stock into a response and causing at least one related news item link and at least one advertisement to be displayed in the response; communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. Stock ordering and/or at least one updated response may also be included.