Improving Ad matching via Cluster-Adaptive Keyword Expansion and Relevance tuning

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Hauptverfasser: Saha, Dipanwita, Zaman, Anis, Zou, Hua, Chen, Ning, Shu, Xinxin, Vase, Nadia, Bagherjeiran, Abraham
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author Saha, Dipanwita
Zaman, Anis
Zou, Hua
Chen, Ning
Shu, Xinxin
Vase, Nadia
Bagherjeiran, Abraham
author_facet Saha, Dipanwita
Zaman, Anis
Zou, Hua
Chen, Ning
Shu, Xinxin
Vase, Nadia
Bagherjeiran, Abraham
contents In search advertising, keyword matching connects user queries with relevant ads. While token-based matching increases ad coverage, it can reduce relevance due to overly permissive semantic expansion. This work extends keyword reach through document-side semantic keyword expansion, using a language model to broaden token-level matching without altering queries. We propose a solution using a pre-trained siamese model to generate dense vector representations of ad keywords and identify semantically related variants through nearest neighbor search. To maintain precision, we introduce a cluster-based thresholding mechanism that adjusts similarity cutoffs based on local semantic density. Each expanded keyword maps to a group of seller-listed items, which may only partially align with the original intent. To ensure relevance, we enhance the downstream relevance model by adapting it to the expanded keyword space using an incremental learning strategy with a lightweight decision tree ensemble. This system improves both relevance and click-through rate (CTR), offering a scalable, low-latency solution adaptable to evolving query behavior and advertising inventory.
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spellingShingle Improving Ad matching via Cluster-Adaptive Keyword Expansion and Relevance tuning
Saha, Dipanwita
Zaman, Anis
Zou, Hua
Chen, Ning
Shu, Xinxin
Vase, Nadia
Bagherjeiran, Abraham
Information Retrieval
Artificial Intelligence
In search advertising, keyword matching connects user queries with relevant ads. While token-based matching increases ad coverage, it can reduce relevance due to overly permissive semantic expansion. This work extends keyword reach through document-side semantic keyword expansion, using a language model to broaden token-level matching without altering queries. We propose a solution using a pre-trained siamese model to generate dense vector representations of ad keywords and identify semantically related variants through nearest neighbor search. To maintain precision, we introduce a cluster-based thresholding mechanism that adjusts similarity cutoffs based on local semantic density. Each expanded keyword maps to a group of seller-listed items, which may only partially align with the original intent. To ensure relevance, we enhance the downstream relevance model by adapting it to the expanded keyword space using an incremental learning strategy with a lightweight decision tree ensemble. This system improves both relevance and click-through rate (CTR), offering a scalable, low-latency solution adaptable to evolving query behavior and advertising inventory.
title Improving Ad matching via Cluster-Adaptive Keyword Expansion and Relevance tuning
topic Information Retrieval
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18897