Method and apparatus for determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search
First Claim
1. A method of determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining a search term which has a low price per click;
setting a minimum price per click value for said search term; and
increasing revenue generated by said auction based internet search based upon said minimum price per click.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus determines a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search by determining a search term which has a low price per click; determining a minimum price per click; setting a minimum price per click value for the search term; and thereby increasing revenue generated by the auction based internet search engine. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search is determined by creating search volume tiers. Price per click tiers are then created by partitioning search terms within each search volume tier based upon a price per click for each search term. Finally, a plurality of liquidity tiers are created by partitioning search terms in each price per click tier by liquidity of the search term market place. The results of the partitioning is evaluated to determine a price per click increase to one or more particular terms. Methods for determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search includes comparing bids for a particular search term with bids for terms which are similar to the particular search term, its category or class of advertiser.
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1. A method of determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a search term which has a low price per click;
setting a minimum price per click value for said search term; and
increasing revenue generated by said auction based internet search based upon said minimum price per click. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating a plurality of search volume tiers by partitioning a plurality of search terms into a plurality of search volume tiers based upon the volume of searches on each search term of said plurality of search terms;
creating a plurality of price per click tiers by partitioning search terms within each search volume tier based upon a price per click for each search term;
creating a plurality of liquidity tiers by partitioning search terms in each price per click tier by liquidity; and
evaluating a search term to determine a new price per click value increase. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating a plurality of search volume tiers by partitioning a plurality of search terms into a plurality of search volume tiers based upon the volume of searches on each search term of said plurality of search terms;
creating a plurality of price per click tiers by partitioning search terms within each search volume tier based upon a price per click for each search term;
creating a plurality of liquidity tiers by partitioning search terms in each price per click tier by liquidity;
determining which search terms of said plurality of search terms should be evaluated for a minimum price per click value;
evaluating said search terms for a minimum price per click value; and
establishing a minimum price per click value for at least one search term.
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25. A method of determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said method comprising the steps of:
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identifying advertisers bidding on a search term;
creating a list of other search terms that said advertisers are also bidding on;
determining a minimum bid for a search term based upon bids related to the other search terms; and
applying a minimum bid to said search term. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating a plurality of search volume tiers by partitioning a plurality of search terms into a plurality of search volume tiers based upon the volume of searches on each search term of said plurality of search terms;
creating a plurality of price per click tiers by partitioning search terms within each search volume tier based upon a price per click for each search term;
creating a plurality of liquidity tiers by partitioning search terms in each price per click tier by liquidity;
evaluating said search terms in predetermined tiers based upon real time data;
determining a search term which has a low price per click;
identifying advertisers bidding on a search term;
creating a list of other search terms that said advertisers are also bidding on;
determining a minimum bid based upon the bids related to the other search terms; and
setting a minimum price per click value for said search term based upon real time data.
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34. A system for determining a minimum price per click for a term in an auction based internet search, said system comprising:
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a server receiving a bid for a search term in an auction based internet search, said server determining that said search term has a low price per click;
a database coupled to said server and storing information related to a plurality of search terms; and
a minimum price per click established by said server based upon information related to said plurality of search terms and stored in said database. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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