TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO QUERIES

摘要

Techniques for determining relevant advertisements in response to queries is disclosed. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the techniques may be realized as a computer implemented method for determining relevant advertisements in response to a query. The method may comprise: receiving a query from a user device; categorizing the query to identify one or more relevant advertisement sources; formatting the query according to one or more advertisement source specifics for the one or more advertisement sources; transmitting the formatted query to the one or more advertisement sources; merging results in response to the formatted query to the one or more advertisement sources; merging results based at least in part on one or more factors; and formatting the results for delivering to the user device.