A browser extension for the collection and distribution of data and methods of use thereof

A method of distributing content on the Internet to an at least one publisher webpage on a publisher server from an author device, the author device including a browser, a browser extension and an origin webpage, and the method comprising:

• copying content provided by an author, the origin webpage or an application programming interface (API) server;
• transiently storing the content;
• appending or manipulating the content to an at least one Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) form or performing an at least one of a Document Object Model Level 2 Event or a Document Object Model Level 3 Event, thereby driving the content to the publisher server;
• and
• instructing the browser to provide an at least one author identifier to the at least one publisher webpage and to obscure an at least one automated behavior identifier from the at least one publisher webpage.

A system for use in searching an at least one third party webpage for content and sending the content to an application programming interface (API) server, the system comprising:

• the API server;
• a distribution origin webpage;
• a browser;
• and
• a browser extension on a user device, wherein the browser extension is configured to instruct the browser to conduct a search of the at least one third party webpage and communicate the content to the API server and wherein the content is optionally normalized before being sent to the API server.

A system for use in modifying an at least one Document Object Model (DOM) element of an at least one webpage, the system comprising:

• an application programming interface (API) server;
• a webpage;
• a browser;
• and
• a browser extension, wherein the browser extension is configured to append, edit or remove the DOM representation of the at least one webpage.

A system for collecting content from an at least one origin webpage and distributing the content to an at least one publisher webpage, the system comprising:

• an application programming interface (API) server, the API server associated with an at least one API server identifier;
• a user device;
• a browser;
• and
• a browser extension, the browser extension associated with an at least one browser extension identifier, wherein the user device, the browser, the browser extension and an Internet Protocol (IP) address collectively represent the at least one identifier associated with the user device to the at least one publisher webpage and do not communicate the at least one API server identifier.