Method Of Ranking And Displaying Certified Content

A method of certifying trophy animal information through a network containing a plurality of certification partners comprising:

• prompting the individual user to input user-generated information including a user identity data and a location data;
• receiving the user-generated information;
• automatically acquiring related information selected from the group comprising a pressure, a precipitation, a moon phase, a temperature, a wind chill, a heat index, a sunset time, a sunrise time and an elevation;
• determining the closest certification partner from the plurality of certification partners;
• displaying business information concerning the closest certification partners;
• receiving at least one visual recording related to the user-generated information;
• associating the user-generated information, the related information, and the visual recording to create a user single trophy entry in a remote database;
• ranking the user individual single trophy entry relative to a plurality of single trophy entries in the remote database to determine a relative rank;
• and
• displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank.

A social media platform accessible by a user for displaying and ranking trophies taken by a plurality of users, said social media platform comprising:

• a database containing a plurality of trophy entries uploaded by the plurality of users, each including user input information and a visual recording of the trophy entry;
• a ranking module having executable instructions for ranking said plurality of trophy entries stored in a database into a list of ranked trophy entries;
• an output module having executable instructions for outputting said ranked trophy entries and said list of ranked trophy entries to a social media user interface and wherein said social media user interface includes a user page presenting said list of ranked trophy entries;
• and
• wherein said social media platform performs the steps of:
• automatically acquiring overlay data wherein said input information includes at least one of a location data, a physical data, an equipment data, a user identity data, or a time data;
• said location data includes at least one of a country and a state or physical data includes at least one of a species identification and a size measurement, or a quality characteristic;
• said equipment data includes at least one of a weapon, a bait, an attractant, a camera, a lens, a film, a light sensitivity, an aperture, a tackle type, a lure type, a type of line, a type of rod, a type of reel, a type of bait, a fish attractant used, name of a guide service, the name of a lodge, name of a camp, or a name of a facility used;
• said overlay data is based on at least one of the time data or the location data, and wherein said overlay data includes at least one of a pressure, a precipitation, a moon phase, a temperature, a wind chill, a heat index, a sunset time, or a sunrise time.