34. The system of claim 24 , wherein said product and catalogue management component further includes compatibility information indicative of compatibility of the advertising service with other advertising services, wherein said product and catalogue management component is configured to provide an instruction to the advertiser in response to the advertiser selecting a plurality of incompatible advertising services to be associated with the particular business listing, wherein the plurality of advertising services includes a first advertising service and a second advertising service, the compatibility information indicating a lack of compatibility between the first and second advertising services.
24. An electronic commerce system for advertisement creation and purchasing comprising: at least one computing device, including: an order management component configured to manage electronic advertisement service orders; an authentication and access control component configured to provide secure access to advertisements and business information; a transaction management component configured to provide for automated payment transactions generated in accordance with a predetermined advertisement payment schedule; a product and catalogue management component configured to manage advertising services presented to an advertiser and offer the advertiser a plurality of advertising services within a menu of advertising services, each of said advertising services including: an advertisement format specific to the advertising service, the advertisement format including presentation information specific to the advertising service such that the plurality of advertising services collectively include a plurality of different advertisement formats, 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, an associated advertiser priority indicating a particular order for presenting the advertising service relative to other advertising services; such that the advertiser may select at least one of the offered advertising services to be associated with a particular business listing; and a user and content management component configured to manage advertisement content and business listing selection activity associated with a particular advertiser; and a payment server in communication with said at least one computing device, said payment server configured to post and verify charges electronically.