Systems and methods for searching for professionals within an online community

摘要

Systems and methods for searching for professionals within an online community. In an embodiment, a database is provided comprising member information for each of a plurality of members, including professional members and non-professional members. Activity information concerning one or more interactions between one or more of the professional members and a web application is tracked and stored. In addition, feedback information received for one or more of the professional members is tracked and stored. Search requests may be received, and for each of the search requests, two or more of the professional members may be identified based on member information and search criteria, an order can be determined for the identified professional members based on the stored activity information and feedback information, and a list can be generated comprising the identified professional members in the determined order.