摘要:
Methods and systems for attributing changes in an advertising metric of interest, such as revenue, to other advertising metrics, are provided. The methods and systems described herein are particularly applicable to advertising provided in online web sites, such as online internet search provider sites. The changes in one or more subordinate online advertising metrics, such as the number of clicks on a particular advertising link, and the cost-per-click to the advertiser, are measured over a predefined period of time, as are the changes in the advertising metric of interest over the same predefined period of time. The respective impacts of the changes of the are determined through the use of sensitivity analysis.