Auction-Based Application Launching

A system for providing applications, comprising:

• an application ranker configured to determine a ranking for each of a plurality of applications based on an auction value of each corresponding application;
• an application placer, implemented with a computing device, configured to
• initially determine a ranked placement of the plurality of applications based on the rankings of the plurality of applications;
• and
• adjust the ranked placement after a user input;
• a display viewer configured to display a highest ranked application and an option configured to display the ranked placement as one or more alternatives when the option is selected.

A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, execution of which causes operations comprising:

• determining a ranking for each of a plurality of applications based on an auction value of each corresponding application;
• initially determining a ranked placement of the plurality of applications based on the rankings of the plurality of applications;
• displaying a highest ranked application and an option configured to display the ranked placement as one or more alternatives when the option is selected;
• and
• adjusting the ranked placement after a user input.