Internet advertising is a multi-billion-dollar industry, as is evident from the phenomenal success of companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and continues to grow at a rapid rate. With broadband access becoming ubiquitous, Internet traffic continues to grow in both volume and diversity, providing a rich supply of inventory to be monetized. Fortunately, the surge in supply has been accompanie…
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is part of our everyday lives. Whether we purchase a book on Amazon.com, sell a DVD on eBay.com, or click on a sponsored link on Google.com, e-commerce surrounds us. E-commerce also produces a large amount of data: When we click, bid, rate, or pay, our digital “footprints” are recorded and stored. Yet, despite this abundance of available data, the field of …