Identifying video files of a video file storage system

A method of identifying video files, comprising:

• identifying a plurality of video files that have a relationship to a first search term;
• identifying a plurality of first files having a relationship to the first search term, wherein each of the first files has at least one author;
• generating a list of inquiries based on the identified plurality of video files;
• providing the list of inquiries to the at least one author of each of the first files;
• receiving one or more responses to the list of inquiries from at least one author of each of plurality of first files;
• re-ordering the list of video files based on responses to the list of inquiries;
• and
• providing the re-ordered list of video files to a user who has performed a search on the first search term.

A system for identifying video files, comprising:

• a server connected through a network to a plurality of user device that include displays;
• the server configured to:
• identify a plurality of video files that have a relationship to a first search term, and identifying a plurality of first files having a relationship to the first search term, wherein each of the first files has at least one author and wherein the relationship between the first search term and the plurality of first files includes at least one word of the first search term being included within at least one title of one of the plurality of first files;
• present on a first display a list of inquiries to an identified creator of a first file, wherein the list of inquiries is based on the plurality of video files, allowing the at least one author to select video files from among at least one of the plurality of identified video files;
• receive one or more responses to the list of inquiries from at least one author of each of plurality of first files the server configured to select a subset of the plurality of video files based on the at least one response;
• and
• present on a second display a video file from the list of video files that was selected by the most number of authors of the plurality of files to a user who has performed a search using a user search term that is related to the first search term.

A system for identifying video files, comprising:

• a server connected through a network to a plurality of user device that include displays;
• the server configured to:
• identify a plurality of video files that have a relationship to a first search term, and identifying a plurality of first files having a relationship to the first search term, wherein each of the first files has at least one author;
• present on a first display a list of inquiries to an identified creator of a first file, wherein the list of inquiries is based on the plurality of video files;
• receive one or more responses to the list of inquiries from at least one author of each of plurality of first files the server configured to select a subset of the plurality of video files based on the at least one response;
• re-order the list of video files based on responses to the list of inquiries;
• and
• present on a second display the re-ordered list of video files to a user who has performed a search on the first search term.