ScienceHacker Noonabout 4 hours ago
Rank ads on conversions not clicks
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An ads ranking engineer at DoorDash and Google replaced a click-optimized model with a multi-task model predicting both clicks and conversions. Click-through rate rose 7%, conversions rose 2.1%. The change shifted the objective from vanity metrics to expected purchase value, improving merchant outcomes.
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