Collaborative web browsing system integrated with social networks

1. A collaborative web browsing method comprising:

providing a social network server, a social network website, a server computer having a Shopping With A Friend (SWAF) server engine coupled to a database, a SWAF client engine coupled to the SWAF server engine and a plurality of client computers each having a web browser program that runs the SWAF client engine, the web browser program does not include a collaboration plug-in;

establishing, by the SWAF server engine, a collaborative website having a friend connection button;

displaying by the SWAF server engine, the collaborative website on each of the plurality of client computers;

detecting by the SWAF client engine, browser activity data of a first client computer of the plurality of client computers;

storing by the SWAF server engine, the browser activity data of the first client computer of the plurality of client computers on the database at a first frequency;

detecting by the SWAF client engine, actuation of the friend connection button by a first client computer of the plurality of client computers;

transmitting by the SWAF client engine, a friend connection request to the social network server at a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is slower than the second frequency;

displaying by the social network server, the friend connection request on the social network website;

detecting by the social network server, an acceptance of the friend connection request from a second client computer’ of the plurality of client computers; and

transmitting by the SWAF server engine, the browser activity data that has been stored on the database to the second client computer of the plurality of client computers.