Method and system for indexing information and providing results for a search including objects having predetermined attributes

1. A method for providing at least one search result responsive to a search query comprising at least one search query term, the method comprising:

parsing a set of pages for a plurality of text and non-text indexable elements;

assigning a location identifier to one or more of the plurality of text and non-text indexable elements, the location identifier corresponding to a location of a given text and non-text indexable element in a given page from the set of pages and the location identifier is a pointer to the location of the given text and non-text indexable element;

storing the plurality of text and non-text indexable elements and the corresponding location identifier for the one or more of the plurality of text and non-text indexable elements in a computer readable medium as a plurality of records;

receiving the search query to request a stored record, the search query received from a user across a networked connection;

searching said plurality of records to determine text and non-text indexable elements that correspond to the search query;

transmitting at least one text element representation of said query result to the user across the networked connection; and

transmitting at least one non-text element representation of said query result to said user across the networked connection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-text elements comprises an image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the record comprises a Webpage.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-text indexable element comprises a sound file.

5. A method for indexing records in an index of the world wide web, the method comprising:

receiving a record from the world wide web;

parsing the record for associated text and a non-text indexable elements;

creating representations of the parsed text and non-text indexable elements;

assigning a location identifier to one or more of the representations of the parsed text and non-text indexable elements, the location identifier corresponding to a location of a given text and non-text indexable element in the record and the location identifier is a pointer to the location of the given text and non-text indexable element; and

storing the representations and the corresponding location identifiers in association with the record as a one or more word location pairs.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the non-text indexable element comprises an image.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the record comprises a Web page.

8. A system for providing at least one search result responsive to a search query comprising at least one search query term, the system comprising:

a parse module for parsing the at least one record for text and non-text indexable elements and assigning a location identifier to one or more of the plurality of text and non-text indexable elements, the location identifier corresponding to a location of a given text and non-text indexable element in the at least one record;

an indexing module for indexing the text and non-text indexable elements and the corresponding location identifier for the one or more of the plurality of text and non-text indexable elements, the location identifier is a pointer to the location of the given text and non-text indexable element;

a query module for receiving the search query, the search query requesting at least one text and non-text indexable element in the world wide web, the search query received from a user across a networked connection;

a search module for locating corresponding text and non-text indexable element relating to the search query; and

a transmitter for transmitting a representation of the non-text indexable element and a text representation corresponding to the search query result to the user across the networked connection.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the object comprises an image.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the record comprises a Web page.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the object comprises a hyperlink to a sound file.

12. A system for indexing records in an index of an information network, comprising:

a parser for parsing a record for text and non-text indexable elements;

a database for storing said text and non-text indexable elements;

an query module for searching the database for a link to said non-text indexable elements appearing in the record;

a subsystem for creating a representation of the text and non-text indexable elements and assigning a location identifier to the representation of the text and non-text indexable elements, the location identifier corresponding to a location of a given text and non-text indexable element in the record and the location identifier is a pointer to the location of the given text and non-text indexable element;

a subsystem for storing the representation and the corresponding location identifier in association with the record; and

a subsystem for making an entry for the record in the index including the representation and the corresponding location identifier.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the object comprises an image.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the record comprises a Web page.