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Paid search engine bid management

CA 2924940 A1 · Owner: Paid Search Engine Tools, L.L.C. · Inventors: Velez, Juan Carlos; Murrer, Daren Paul

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A method and apparatus for improving efficiencies in the current paid search engine keyword bidding market and optimizing use of use of such engines. The system accumulates bid amounts for a plurality of target keywords at , one or more paid search engines and presents bid amounts to a user enabling the , user to evaluate and optimize bids on those keywords. Bid amounts of keywords of interest are highlighted (302). Differential bids can be identified to optimize , bids. Keyword bid changes are monitored to identify changes of interest to a potential bidder (306).

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  • Filed July 5, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 5, 2021.
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FiledJuly 5, 2001
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedJuly 5, 2021
Patent numberCA 2924940 A1
Classification (IPC)G06Q30/08

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