User interface for search method and system

A method for receiving a search query and displaying results, comprising:

• displaying, on a user interface of a computer, a plurality of search criteria fields for a plurality of categories, wherein each search criteria field corresponds to one of the categories;
• displaying, on the user interface, an input mechanism to input a plurality of weight values, one for each category, to designate an importance of the category to the user relative to other categories;
• receiving, through the user interface, a search query comprising a plurality of search criteria values for the categories entered through the search criteria fields;
• receiving, through the user interface, the weight values for the categories;
• searching, in response to the search query, a database, stored in computer storage, comprising a plurality of records that comprise information regarding the categories;
• displaying, in response to the search query, an indication for one or more exact matching records on the user interface, wherein an exact matching record comprises information that exactly matches all search criteria values of the received search query;
• and
• displaying, in response to the search query, an indication for one or more non-exact matching records on the user interface, wherein a non-exact matching record comprises information that does not exactly match one or more of the search criteria values of the received search query, each non-exact matching record having a relevance value based, in part, on the weight values of the received search query, the non-exact matching records being displayed in an order based on the relevance values.