User-defined classifieds

1. A system, comprising:

a server including an information application, said information application being in communication with an information database, said information database comprising a plurality of marketplaces, each marketplace being associated with a classification, and a plurality of listings respectively classified within said plurality of marketplaces;

wherein said plurality of marketplaces comprise pre-defined marketplaces and user-defined marketplaces distinct from said pre-defined marketplaces, at least one of said user-defined marketplaces being classified in a classification within at least one of said pre-defined marketplaces; and

wherein at least one of said user-defined marketplaces is associated with a categorical classification defining at least one listing topic, and at least a subset of said at least one listing topic defined by said categorical classification is inherited and created within said marketplace.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said information application is selectively accessible by users and said user-defined marketplaces are selectively created by a subset of the users.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said information database forms at least a portion of a computing device and said information application is a software application executed by said computing device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of listings comprises listing attribute data, said listing attribute data comprising at least one of a classification attribute, a geographic attribute, a contact information attribute, a fee-type attribute, and a position adjustment attribute.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a fee-type attribute is assigned to each of said user-defined marketplaces.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of listings and said user-defined marketplaces are created based at least in part on data supplied by an access device in communication with said information application.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein approval from administrators of said system is required prior to creation of at least a subset of said user-defined marketplaces.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein said information application is configured to generate and transmit a response to said access device based upon a request transmitted from said access device, said request comprising at least one search term and said response comprising at least one of said plurality of listings responsive to said request.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said user-defined marketplaces is classified within at least one other user-defined marketplaces.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said user-defined marketplaces is associated with a geographic classification stored in said information database.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein said geographic classification is user-defined.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said user-defined marketplaces is linked with at least one other user-defined marketplace.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein one of said user-defined marketplaces linked to another marketplace inherits listing topics defined within the marketplace to which it is linked.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein access to said user-defined marketplace is restricted based on a set of user-defined access rights.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein said user-defined access rights limit access to said user-defined marketplace to registered users of said user-defined marketplace and registered users of marketplaces that are linked to said user-defined marketplace.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein a user-defined marketplace includes user-defined listing topics.