Method and system for generating and presenting search results that are based on location-based information from social networks, media, the internet, and/or actual on-site location

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a computer system or device, a search request comprising of a geographic location and user defined radius to search for Points of Interest from the geographic location;
• accessing a Point of Interest database to identify a set of POIs within the user defined radius of said geographic location;
• accessing, for each POI in the set, a set of second users based upon the second users' location as it relates to the POI;
• accessing, for each second user in the set, the second user location and second user information;
• ranking the POIs in the set based upon the number of second users at the POIs within a defined time period;
• and, presenting the ranked list of POIs.