Structured web advertising

摘要

A system for selecting a candidate advertisement for linking to a web page based on the content of the web page. The content of the web page may be automatically determined and then compared to content of the candidate advertisement to determine which candidate advertisement to select. The system can be used to implement a structured advertising system for the World Wide Web. Web pages are searched and indexed, producing indexed content data. This indexed content data may be ranked according to relevancy. The ranked content data are compared to content data of advertisements and an advertisement is selected. The advertisement may be copied onto (linked to) the Web page. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

主权项

1. A method for content targeted web advertising comprising:
determining content of a plurality of advertisements; automatically determining content of a web page using search and ranking technologies to identify one or more words and/or phrases that reflect the content contained in the web page; automatically comparing the content of the web page to the content of the plurality of advertisements to determine if a match exists; and selecting an advertisement that is relevant to the content of the web page for linking to the web page if the match exists.