Providing a modified content item to a user

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a query from a device;

providing a first web page to the device comprising (i) a set of results selected based on the query and (ii) an initial version of a content item for display on the first web page along with the results, the initial version of the content item comprising a first presentation text;

detecting a request from the device to return to the first webpage during a search session;

creating, responsive to detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page during the search session, a modified version of the content item comprising one or more same visual elements as the initial version of the content item and one or more different visual elements modified from the initial version of the content item, the one or more different visual elements including a second presentation text different from the first presentation text, the initial version and the modified version of the content item configured to link to a same second web page; and

providing, responsive to detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page during the search session, an updated web page to the device, the updated web page comprising (i) the set of results selected based on the query and (ii) the modified version of the content item for display on the updated web page along with the results.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page based on a device identifier representing the device during the search session.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial version of the content item comprises an initial format for the first presentation text and the second version of the modified version of the content item comprises a modified version of format applied to the second presentation text.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the modified version of the content item is further responsive to receiving an indication of an interaction with the content item on the device.

5. The method of claim 1 , the search session having a duration from a search engine login to a subsequent search engine logout via a search engine interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query is received from a web browser and the request from the device to return to the first web page results from use of a back button of the web browser.

7. The method of claim 1 , the search session having a duration from a first search query from the device to a second search query from the device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified version of the content item comprises an image not included in the initial version of the content item.

9. A system comprising:

a tangible computer-readable storage device storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:

receive a query from a device;

provide a first web page to the device comprising (i) a set of results selected based on the query and (ii) an initial version of a content item for display on the first web page along with the results, the initial version of the content item comprising a first presentation text;

detect a request from the device to return to the first webpage during a search session;

create, responsive to detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page during the search session, a modified version of the content item comprising one or more same visual elements as the initial version of the content item and one or more different visual elements modified from the initial version of the content item, the one or more different visual elements including a second presentation text different from the first presentation text, the initial version and the modified version of the content item configured to link to a same second web page; and

provide, responsive to detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page during the search session, an updated web page to the device, the updated web page comprising (i) the set of results selected based on the query and (ii) the modified version of the content item for display on the updated web page along with the results.

10. The system of claim 9 , the one or more processors further configured to execute the instructions to detect the request from the device to return to the first web page based on a device identifier representing the device during the search session.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the initial version of the content item comprises an initial format for the first presentation text and the second version of the modified version of the content item comprises a modified version of format applied to the second presentation text.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein creating the modified version of the content item is further responsive to receiving an indication of an interaction with the content item on the device.

13. The system of claim 9 , the search session having a duration from a search engine login to a subsequent search engine logout via a search engine interface.

14. The system of claim 9 , the search session having a duration from a first search query from the device to a second search query from the device.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the modified version of the content item comprises an image not included in the initial version of the content item.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing processor, cause the computing processor to:

receive a query from a device;

provide a first web page to the device comprising (i) a set of results selected based on the query and (ii) an initial version of a content item for display on the first web page along with the results, the initial version of the content item comprising a first presentation text;

detect a request from the device to return to the first webpage during a search session;

create, responsive to detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page during the search session, a modified version of the content item comprising one or more same visual elements as the initial version of the content item and one or more different visual elements modified from the initial version of the content item, the one or more different visual elements including a second presentation text different from the first presentation text, the initial version and the modified version of the content item configured to link to a same second web page; and

provide, responsive to detecting the request from the device to return to the first web page during the search session, an updated web page to the device, the updated web page comprising (i) the set of results selected based on the query and (ii) the modified version of the content item for display on the updated web page along with the results.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions cause the computing processor to detect the request from the device to return to the first web page based on a device identifier representing the device during the search session.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the initial version of the content item comprises an initial format for the first presentation text and the second version of the modified version of the content item comprises a modified version of format applied to the second presentation text.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein creating the modified version of the content item is further responsive to receiving an indication of an interaction with the content item on the device.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the search session having a duration from a search engine login to a subsequent search engine logout via a search engine interface.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the search session having a duration from a first search query from the device to a second search query from the device.