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1. A method being implemented by an improved computer system programmed for searching in accordance with the method, comprising:
obtaining, by a specially programmed computer searching system, business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses; wherein:
1) the plurality of offerings comprises services, products, or both,2) the business information is based, at least in part, on information submitted by each business in accordance with at least the following conditions agreed to by each business of the plurality of businesses:
a) the information submitted is complete,b) the information submitted is truthful, andc) the information submitted is accurate; wherein the plurality of business comprises at least one thousand business; storing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, in at least one database, the business information regarding the plurality of businesses and the plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses; generating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings submitted by a plurality of consumers, wherein the consumer ratings evaluate each business in at least the following to rating categories: 1) service, 2) value, 3) ethics, 4) competence, 5) environment, and 6) price; associating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, in the at least one database, each business with the rating score; causing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, to concurrently display at least one first graphical user interface from a plurality of first graphical user interfaces to a plurality of consumers, wherein the at least one first graphical user interface of the plurality of first graphical user interfaces is configured to obtain from each consumer from the plurality of consumers at least:
i) personal identifying information of such consumer to be validated prior to conducting searching for such consumer,ii) at least one business identifying search parameter, identifying at least one identifying characteristic associated with at least one of:
1) at least one business, offering at least one service, at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer,2) the at least one service, the at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, and3) a combination of thereof;iii) at least one geographic indication, identifying at least one geographic location associated with the at least one business offering at least one service, at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer,iv) a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, wherein the ranked filtering criteria being:
1) selected from a plurality of evaluation criteria that are associated with one of: the at least one business, the at least one service, the at least one product, an any combination thereof, and are configured to allow such consumer to select the at least one business, the at least one service, the at least one product, an any combination thereof; and2) ranked by such consumer in a predetermined ranking order; andv) at least one rating score filtering parameter, identifying a particular rating score or a plurality of rating scores to be associated with the at least one business desired by such consumer; wherein the plurality of consumers comprises at least one thousand consumers; prior to conducting searching for a plurality of particular consumers, validating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers based on the personal identifying information of such particular consumer; based on an outcome of the validating, concurrently conducting, by the specially programmed computer searching system, for the plurality of particular consumers, a plurality of searches of the business information based at least in part on:
1) the at least one business identifying search parameter obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers,2) the at least one geographic indication obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers,3) the plurality of ranked filtering criteria obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers,4) the at least one rating score filtering parameter; and causing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, to concurrently output, utilizing at least one second graphical user interface from a plurality of second graphical user interfaces, each search result of a plurality of search results to each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers. |
