An information processing apparatus which allows high-quality contents to
be easily obtained. A WWW browser section sends search request
information which includes a keyword for web pages, input by the user, to
an evaluation and search server. A search section of the evaluation and
search server receives the search request information through a
transmitting and receiving control section, and searches a WWW data base
for web pages corresponding to the reported keyword. The search section
reports the URLS, access information, of web pages obtained as a search
result, to an evaluation section to request the calculation of an
evaluation value for each web page. The search section generates search
result information including evaluation from the access information of
the web pages obtained as a search result and the evaluation value for
each web page, and sends it to the WWW browser section through the
transmitting and receiving control section.