Autocomplete-based advertisements
OwnerHugh Evan Williams, Sathishwar Pottavathini +2inventors
InventorsHugh Evan Williams, Sathishwar Pottavathini, Qing Li, Harish Narayanappa
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OwnerHugh Evan Williams, Sathishwar Pottavathini +2inventors
InventorsHugh Evan Williams, Sathishwar Pottavathini, Qing Li, Harish Narayanappa
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A system and method of providing advertisements based on autocomplete functionality are disclosed. In some embodiments, user-entered text is received in a search field of a search engine. A predicted query is determined based on the user-entered text. The predicted query comprises predicted text and at least a portion of the user-entered text, the predicted text being absent from the user-entered text. An advertisement for an item is determined based on the predicted query. The advertisement is caused to be displayed to the user concurrently with the predicted query being displayed in an autocomplete user interface element of the search field. In some embodiments, the advertisement for the item comprises an identification of the item and a price of the item.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
A system comprising:
A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a set of operations comprising:
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