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Interesting, so...

ORDER BY (CPC * CTR);

versus

ORDER BY (CTR);

yeah, i know they're not using SQL



CPC * CTR = RPM, and that's what AdSense optimizes for. In effect it's brilliant in it's simplicity as it combines both advertisers wishes (CPC) and consumer's wishes (CTR).




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