Search method, server and client

Disclosed in the present invention are a search method, a server and a client, belonging to the field of information technology. The method comprises: reception of a level-1 search keyword and a user identifier sent by a client terminal of a social networking application; searching for information related to said level-1 keyword and obtaining search results comprising at least one such information; obtaining social networking relationship information corresponding to the user identifier and ordering the search results on the basis of said social networking relationship information, thus obtaining an ordered list of the search results; sending the ordered list of search results to the social networking application client terminal. By means of lists obtained by ordering search results on the basis of social networking relationship information, the present invention allows searches to be conducted on the basis of such social relationship information of a particular user, thus allowing lists of search results to be better targeted and more flexible. Not only are lists of search results better optimized, but the efficiency of user acquisition of relevant information is enhanced and search efficiency increased.