Flat Navigation of Information and Content Presented on User Monitor

A networked computer system for use in presenting a related collection of electronic pages in a flat format, said computer system comprising:

• at least one server including stored pages capable of being searched and retrieved electronically;
• memory for storing a search engine including a ranker and executable methods of searching for desired types of said stored pages;
• an input device for inputting a search query directed to retrieving a respective collection of said desired types of said stored pages;
• a processor operatively linked to said input device for processing said search query;
• a browser operatively associated with said processor for cooperatively engaging a front end of said search engine so that when said search engine receives said search query from a user, said search engine retrieves a set of said stored pages relevant to said search query;
• a template that receives each retrieved page in a predetermined format so that each retrieved page is converted to a corresponding information panel;
• and
• a display monitor for displaying each of said information panels so all of said retrieved and converted pages are viewable to a user in a single screen shot.

A method of arranging and presenting information on a display monitor within a computing environment, said method comprising the steps of:

• accessing a website containing a related collection of electronic pages;
• crawling said website to obtain raw image data for at least some of each of said pages;
• porting said raw image data for each of said pages into a corresponding information panel containing a mapping of the content of its respective corresponding page;
• arranging said information panels in a desired format;
• and
• displaying each of said information panels on a respective display monitor so all of said panels are viewable to a user in a single screen shot.