A system and method provides web site proprietors with demographics
information about the users who visit their web sites, and provides web
site visitors with incentive awards (i.e., points) in exchange for
providing the demographics information and interacting with the web sites
in a predefined manner. Users complete a questionnaire designed to
solicit various demographics data of interest to web site proprietors. A
profile is then associated with user identification information and
stored on a server. The identification information is also stored on the
user's local device to identify the user on subsequent visits to
participating sites. Users visit the web sites of one or more
participating web site proprietors. In so doing the participating user
will be awarded points that can be redeemed for products or services at a
later date. The system automatically awards points to deserving users
without requiring the users to manually leave the web site awarding the
points. Periodically, the system develops a report for each participating
web site proprietor providing a demographics profile of the participating
users that interacted with the web site in predefined ways. The system
also provides redemption sites where participating users can visit to
convert the points accumulated into products or services.