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Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System

Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System
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Clint Boulton
Clint Boulton
Sep 16, 2008
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Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System

by Clint Boulton


Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System – CSA (Cogito Semantic Advertiser)

1. CSA (Cogito Semantic Advertiser)

The software publishes targeted advertisements related to Web page content.


Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System – Inappropriate Google Ads Can Appear

2. Inappropriate Google Ads Can Appear

The article is about a disaster at sea; one Google ad placed with it offers an “amazing” ferry ride to an island. Not exactly the appropriate ad to show with such an article. Expert System says juxtapositions like this can be avoided with semantic advertising.


Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System – Google Ads Strike Again

3. Google Ads Strike Again

The story is about jaguars, the animal, but Google serves ads for a Jaguar automobile dealer. Expert System hopes to provide disambiguation to avoid cases like these.


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Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System – How Cogito Semantic Advertiser Understands Content

4. How Cogito Semantic Advertiser Understands Content

Page contents are semantically processed and tagged using methods similar to human comprehension in preparation for precise selection by the ad server.


Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System – Preparing Ads with a Dash of Semantics

5. Preparing Ads with a Dash of Semantics

The ad manager builds categories for ads to be served.


Cogito Semantic Advertiser from Expert System – Ads Served with Extensions

6. Ads Served with Extensions

In this example, content about wildlife, conservation and ecology is matched with ads about ending poverty, saving nature and microfinance.


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