Sponsored search ranking

DesignHard55 minAmazon and Google style

Your task

Design the ranking system for sponsored-product results in an e-commerce search results page. The system must blend organic relevance with paid ads, run a real-time auction (advertisers bid per click), maximize a mix of revenue and user relevance, and stay under 80ms of added latency. Sellers can run thousands of campaigns; budgets must not overspend.

It covers

  • Multi objective
  • Ads
  • Auction