Organic relevance cannot be bought.

1BusinessDirectory keeps canonical identity, owner-supplied content, DX intelligence and sponsored inventory in separate data and presentation layers.

What may affect organic order

Query relevance, verified identity, record completeness, freshness, and location or industry fit. These signals are deterministic and payment-independent.

What never affects organic order

PRO subscriptions, FEATURED placements, advertising spend, DX signal strength and commercial relationships.

How sponsored results appear

Purchased placements use a separate query, a separate DOM container and an explicit SPONSORED disclosure. An expired or cancelled Stripe entitlement removes the placement automatically.

How records publish

A public record needs a legal name, country, stable identifier, allowed source and sufficient entity confidence. Suppressed records do not have a public URL.

How truth is labelled

OFFICIAL registry-backed facts. CLAIMED owner-supplied content. DX DERIVED current commercial intelligence with provenance and timestamp.