Methods and systems for identifying user input data for matching content to user interests
View Patent ↗A method of managing content includes analyzing a plurality of referring uniform resource locators (URLs); extracting, from each of the referring URLs, website data and a parameter having a parameter value; generating website parameter pairs based on the website data and the parameters of the referring URLs; determining a diversity metric, for each website parameter pair, based on variety of parameter values of the website parameter pair; selecting a website parameter pair having a diversity metric exceeding a determined threshold; and generating a template for parsing a referring URL of the selected website parameter pair.
1. A method of managing content, the method comprising:
analyzing a plurality of referring uniform resource locators (URLs) for a same website;
identifying, from the referring URLs, a given parameter and different parameter values for the given parameter;
determining that the given parameter is a query parameter for the same website based on a number of the different parameter values for the given parameter meeting a specified threshold number;
and
generating a template for parsing a referring URL of the same website based on the determination that the given parameter is a query parameter, wherein the template identifies parameter values for the given parameter in the referring URL of the same website as a query term.
2. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
receiving a content item request for a page, the content item request including a referring URL having website data corresponding to the selected website parameter pair;
parsing a parameter value from the referring URL of the content item request based on the template for the selected website parameter pair;
selecting a content item based on the parameter value parsed from the referring URL of the content item request; and
providing the content item for display on the page.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the parsing comprises:
selecting a template for parsing the referring URL of the content item request; and
parsing a parameter value from the referring URL of the content item request based on the selected template.
4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
storing the template for the selected website parameter pair on a server.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the parsing comprises:
retrieving the template; and
parsing a parameter value from the referring URL of the content item request based on the retrieved template.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content item comprises an advertisement.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter value corresponds to at least one keyword.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter value corresponds to a user input.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the referring URL of the content item request for the page corresponds to a URL of a previously visited page.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the referring URL of the content item request for the page corresponds to a user input to the previously visited page.
11. An apparatus for managing content, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured for:
analyzing a plurality of referring uniform resource locators (URLs) for a same website;
identifying, from the referring URLs, a given parameter and different parameter values for the given parameter;
determining that the given parameter is a query parameter for the same website based on a number of the different parameter values for the given parameter meeting a specified threshold number;
and
generating a template for parsing a referring URL of the same website based on the determination that the given parameter is a query parameter, wherein the template identifies parameter values for the given parameter in the referring URL of the same website as a query term.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the parameter value corresponds to at least one keyword.
13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the parameter value corresponds to a user input.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the referring URL corresponds to a URL of a previously visited page.
15. A computer program product for managing content, the computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium comprising code for:
analyzing a plurality of referring uniform resource locators (URLs) for a same website;
identifying, from the referring URLs, a given parameter and different parameter values for the given parameter;
determining that the given parameter is a query parameter for the same website based on a number of the different parameter values for the given parameter meeting a specified threshold number;
and
generating a template for parsing a referring URL of the same website based on the determination that the given parameter is a query parameter, wherein the template identifies parameter values for the given parameter in the referring URL of the same website as a query term.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the parameter value corresponds to a user input.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the referring URL corresponds to a URL of a previously visited page.