Providing parallel generic web site supporting anonymous or semi-anonymous internet activity

A system for providing access to a Web site, comprising:

• a memory having computer-executable instructions stored therein;
• and
• at least one computing device in communication with the computer memory, wherein execution of the computer-executable instructions by the computing device causes the computing device to:
• receive a query request from a user via a first interface or a second interface, wherein the query request includes a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the Web site, and when the query request is received via the first interface, the URI included with the query request further includes a marker indicating that the user wishes to remain anonymous with the query request;
• determine the presence of the marker with the URI included with the query request;
• and
• responsive to determining that the marker is present, provide the user with a generic non-personalized version of the Web site without collecting information associated with the user.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for providing access to a Web site implemented on a server, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a query request from a user via an interface;
• determine the presence of a marker with the query request, wherein the marker is indicative of whether the user wishes to remain anonymous with the query request;
• and
• provide the user with either a first version of the Web site or a second version of the Web site depending on whether the marker is present with the query request, wherein the first version of the Web site is a non-personalized version of the Web site that is provided without collecting information in association with the user and the second version of the Web site is a personalized version of the Web site provided in accordance with information collected in association with the user.