Patent ID: 8447661

Claim:
A system that facilitates improved efficiency when searching for items for sale on an online classifieds site comprising; a processing unit for executing computer-executable instructions; and memory, in communication with the processing unit, containing computer-executable instructions for a system comprising: a query component that processes a query that is related to a search for an item posted on the classifieds site across a set of geo-tagged items and returns at least a subset of items in response to the query as a function of item location for a user to view; a discard monitor that examines user historical behavior and activity with respect to at least one of previous searches, purchases, selected items, and expressly discarded items for the user; a discard component that marks one or more items that are suitable for discard based at least in part on data collected by the discard monitor, and a feedback component that provides implicit user feedback by collecting data relating to discarded items and communicating at least a portion of the collected data to one or more owners of such items.