1. In a computerized environment comprising a search propagation module and a search ranking module, a computerized method for searching one or more information sources and identifying and reporting characterized information, the method comprising: searching one or more data sources for a user-provided search target; receiving one or more data results from the search of the one or more data sources; classifying the one or more data results based upon the association of the user-provided search target with a derogatory attribute, wherein the derogatory attribute is determined based upon the content within each of the one or more data results; and displaying an indication of at least a portion of the classified one or more data results with an indication of a cumulative ranking for each of the one or more data results.