21. The system of claim 18 , further comprising instructions to execute prior to ranking the two or more places in accordance with scores to produce the set of ranked places, including instructions to determine, based on historical records of directions queries to each respective place, the count of the number of historical directions queries for directions to a respective location corresponding to the respective place.
21. The system of claim 18 , further comprising instructions to execute prior to ranking the two or more places in accordance with scores to produce the set of ranked places, including instructions to determine, based on historical records of directions queries to each respective place, the count of the number of historical directions queries for directions to a respective location corresponding to the respective place. 22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions to determine the count of the number of historical directions queries for directions to a respective location corresponding to the respective place include instructions to: determine a respective location corresponding to the respective place; search the historical records of the directions queries to determine a number of directions queries in which the destination was the respective location; store the number of directions queries in which the destination was the respective location in at least one record of a popularity database; and associate the at least one record of the popularity database with the respective place.