Publisher scoring
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1. A method of measuring quality of a publisher comprising:
- receiving publisher data related to advertisements, wherein the publisher data comprises a conversion variable, an impressions variable, and a traffic quality variable; and
calculating a publisher score based on the publisher data.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for a publisher scoring algorithm. Various factors or variables are analyzed for publishers to determine a score associated with the publishers. The score may be a reflection of the success or value a publisher provides to an advertisement provider or an advertiser.
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1. A method of measuring quality of a publisher comprising:
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receiving publisher data related to advertisements, wherein the publisher data comprises a conversion variable, an impressions variable, and a traffic quality variable; and calculating a publisher score based on the publisher data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system calculating a publisher score comprising:
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a publisher network server configured to be connected with a network and to receive the publisher data factors from publishers; and an evaluator coupled with the publisher network server to receive publisher data factors, wherein the evaluator comprises; a deviator for calculating the standard deviation from the mean of each of the factors; a transformer, coupled with the deviator, for applying a function to the standard deviations from the mean for each of the factors; and a weightor, coupled with the transformer, for applying a weight to each of the transformed standard deviations from the mean for each of the factors; wherein the publisher score is based on the weighted transformed standard deviations for each of the factors. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for determining a publisher score, the storage medium comprising instructions operative to:
gathering advertising data associated with the publisher, wherein the advertising data comprises factors including a conversion rate, a domestic click percentage, a traffic quality score, or combinations thereof, the factors associated with the publisher;
combining the factors for the publisher into a publisher raw score; and
generating the publisher score from the publisher raw score.- View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. (canceled)
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24. A method of measuring and scoring a plurality of publishers comprising:
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receiving publisher data related to advertisements for each of the plurality of publishers; calculating a publisher score based on the publisher data for each of the plurality of publishers; comparing the publisher score for each of the plurality of publishers with one another; and assigning a higher quality value to a publisher with a higher publisher score relative to other publishers from the plurality of publishers. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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