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WEBI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Estimating Ad Clickthrough Rate through Query Intent Analysis
Clickthrough rate and cost-per-click are known to be among the factors that impact the rank of an ad shown on a search result page. Hence, search engines can benefit from estimat...
Azin Ashkan, Charles L. A. Clarke, Eugene Agichtei...
WEBI
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
In the Mood to Click? Towards Inferring Receptiveness to Search Advertising
Abstract—We present a method for modeling, and automatically inferring, the current interest of a user in search advertising. Our task is complementary to that of predicting ad r...
Qi Guo, Eugene Agichtein, Charles L. A. Clarke, Az...
ECIR
2009
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
Classifying and Characterizing Query Intent
Understanding the intent underlying user queries may help personalize search results and improve user satisfaction. In this paper, we develop a methodology for using ad clickthroug...
Azin Ashkan, Charles L. A. Clarke, Eugene Agichtei...