39. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed on a processor performs the following steps: managing electronic advertisement service orders selected from a menu providing a plurality of advertisement services, each of said advertisement services including: an advertisement format specific to the advertisement service, an associated display area in which the advertising service is to be presented, the associated display area corresponding to one of a plurality of display areas, where the plurality of display areas include: a priority placement area, and at least one other placement area, and an associated advertiser priority indicating a particular order for presenting the advertising service relative to other advertising services; establishing the advertisement format as including presentation information specific to the advertising service such that the plurality of advertising services collectively include a plurality of different advertisement formats; providing secure access to advertisements and business information; providing automated payment transactions generated in accordance with a predetermined advertisement payment schedule; managing advertising services presented to an advertiser in accordance with a particular business listing; managing advertisement content and business listing selection activity associated with a particular advertiser; posting and verifying charges electronically; and publishing the advertisement in said display area associated with said selected advertising service, said advertisement presented in a particular order relative to other advertisements based on said advertiser priority associated with said selected advertising service.
41. The system of claim 39 , the instructions further including instructions for: enabling the advertiser to securely connect through a network to communicate with other components of the system.