A search server and method for providing search results are provided in
which search results can be transmitted efficiently to a client computer
that uses a browser that changes plural displays of contents using a
virtual three-dimensional space. The server comprises a web page
information storing portion for collecting web page information and URLs
from a network so as to store them, a keyword obtaining portion for
obtaining a keyword from the client computer, a keyword searching portion
for searching web page information containing the obtained keyword, a
reference URL obtaining portion for obtaining a URL of a web page to be a
reference, and a link searching portion for searching a chain of links
from the web page to be a reference to the web page obtained by the
keyword searching portion. The search server transmits a list of URL
trains corresponding to the chain of links to the client computer.