1. A method for efficiently managing and analyzing log information, the method comprising: providing a community database for a particular product; enabling a user to view a log file associated with the particular product; enabling the user to create a category and link a portion of a line of the log file to the category; submitting the category to a database administrator to accept or decline the category for admission into the community database; and in the event the database administrator accepts the category, performing the following: storing the category in the community database; linking the portion of the line to the category; and upon opening future log files, using the category in the community database to identify lines containing the portion.