Patent ID: 8224704

Claim:
An information distribution system, comprising: a first computer-readable medium portion storing computer-executable instructions for a request subsystem, including a request, wherein said request subsystem receives said request, wherein said request includes at least one rating selection and at least one of a geography selection and a category selection; and a second computer-readable medium portion storing computer-executable instructions for a response subsystem, including a response, a placement heuristic that determines an order of listings and is based at least in part on a fee amount and a rating, a plurality of listings, and a plurality of fee types; wherein said response subsystem generates said response based upon said request and said placement heuristic; wherein said response includes two or more listings from said plurality of listings, each listing being associated with at least one said fee type in said plurality of fee types; and further wherein the rating is assigned to a ratings tier according to a source of the rating.