Personalized click prediction in sponsored search

@inproceedings{Cheng2010PersonalizedCP,
  title={Personalized click prediction in sponsored search},
  author={Haibin Cheng and Erick Cant{\'u}-Paz},
  booktitle={WSDM '10},
  year={2010}
}
Sponsored search is a multi-billion dollar business that generates most of the revenue for search engines. Predicting the probability that users click on ads is crucial to sponsored search because the prediction is used to influence ranking, filtering, placement, and pricing of ads. Ad ranking, filtering and placement have a direct impact on the user experience, as users expect the most useful ads to rank high and be placed in a prominent position on the page. Pricing impacts the advertisers… 
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