A method of generating directed content is provided. In the method, a set of
lists
are received. Each list in the set of lists is associated with a respective web
service and each list includes searches submitted to the associated web service.
The set of lists are distilled into a frequency database. The frequency database
stores search frequency information indicating, for respective searches, a frequency
with respect to each of one or more of the plurality of web services. A query is
obtained, and the query is used to perform a search for matches between the query
and a search in the database. Matches having highest associated frequency are selected.
Each selected match indicates a respective selected web service of the web services.
Directed content is displayed based on one or more of the selected web services.