METHOD OF DETERMINING COST-PER-CLICK FOR KEYWORD ADVERTISEMENT
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1. A method of computing a cost-per-click for a keyword advertisement, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of submissions of proposed keyword advertisements for an identical keyword, each submission comprising an advertisement content and a willing cost-per-click;
analyzing the advertisement content of each submission based on relevance of the advertisement content of the submission to the identical keyword, thereby generating a first index for each submission;
performing a mathematical operation using the willing cost-per-click and the first index so as to generate a second index for each submission;
ordering the second indexes of the plurality of submissions so as to generate rankings of the plurality of submissions, wherein each of the plurality of submissions for the identical keyword has a rank; and
computing a cost-per-click for at least part of the plurality of submissions, wherein a first computed cost-per-click for a first submission having a first rank is computed using the second index of a second submission having a second rank that is immediately next to the first rank.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of computing a cost-per-click for a keyword advertisement. The method comprises receiving a plurality of submissions of proposed keyword advertisements for an identical keyword. Each submission comprises an advertisement content and a willing cost-per-click. The advertisement content of each submission or historical data is analyzed so as to generate a first index for each submission. A mathematical operation using the willing cost-per-click and the first index is performed so as to generate a second index for each submission. The second indexes of the submissions are ordered so as to generate rankings of the submissions. A cost-per-click for each submission is computed. A first computed cost-per-click for a first submission having a first rank is computed using the second index of a second submission having a second rank that is immediately next to the first rank.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of computing a cost-per-click for a keyword advertisement, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of submissions of proposed keyword advertisements for an identical keyword, each submission comprising an advertisement content and a willing cost-per-click; analyzing the advertisement content of each submission based on relevance of the advertisement content of the submission to the identical keyword, thereby generating a first index for each submission; performing a mathematical operation using the willing cost-per-click and the first index so as to generate a second index for each submission; ordering the second indexes of the plurality of submissions so as to generate rankings of the plurality of submissions, wherein each of the plurality of submissions for the identical keyword has a rank; and computing a cost-per-click for at least part of the plurality of submissions, wherein a first computed cost-per-click for a first submission having a first rank is computed using the second index of a second submission having a second rank that is immediately next to the first rank. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of computing a cost-per-click for a keyword advertisement, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of submissions of proposed keyword advertisements for an identical keyword, each submission comprising a willing cost-per-click and an address of a webpage that is to be displayed on a search result page in response to a search using the keyword; providing historical data of clicking-throughs for at least part of the proposed keyword advertisements that have been previously serviced; analyzing the historical data so as to generate a first index for the at least part of the proposed keyword advertisements; performing a mathematical operation using the willing cost-per-click and the first index so as to generate a second index for each submission; ordering the second indexes of the plurality of submissions so as to generate rankings of the plurality of submissions, wherein each of the plurality of submissions for the identical keyword has a rank; and computing a cost-per-click for one or more of the plurality of submissions, wherein the cost-per-click of a first one of the plurality of submissions having a first rank is computed using the second index of a second one of the plurality of submissions having a second rank that is immediately next to the first rank. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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