System and Methods for an Image Mosaic Representing a Group of Links

A computer implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a link for an electronic media resource for inclusion in a grouping of links for electronic media resources associated with a topic description;
• obtaining a list of images included in the electronic media resource from a web server that hosts the electronic media resource;
• identifying an image in the list of images to represent the electronic media resource;
• obtaining the image from a web server that hosts the image;
• assigning a rank to the image based on a relevance of the electronic media resource to the topic description;
• selecting a portion of an image mosaic to use to contain the image representing the electronic media resource;
• identifying a position in the image mosaic that corresponds to the rank assigned to the image;
• and
• inserting the image in the position in the image mosaic that corresponds to the rank assigned to the image using the portion of the image mosaic selected to contain the image.

A computer implemented method, comprising:

• identifying a plurality of links in a group container, wherein the plurality of links are included in a grouping of links for electronic media resources associated with a topic description;
• determining rankings of the plurality of links based on page view histories of the links displayed in the group container for the topic description;
• obtaining images for at least three links included in the plurality of links, based on the rankings of the at least three links;
• identifying a position in an image mosaic for each of the images that corresponds to the rankings of the at least three links;
• and
• inserting each of the images in the position in the image mosaic that corresponds to the rankings of the at least three links, wherein the images are automatically inserted into the image mosaic.