Knowledgebase: General Q&A
How Priority Ranking works ? What happens to ads that select the same (or different) ranking option ?
Posted by - NA - on 16 November 2005 11:39 AM
"Ad Priority Ranking" options can be configured in Admin Area -> Ad Extras. You may want to enable "Ad Priority Ranking" extra option offering to allow "Better Placement" feature and to be able to charge your users for it.
Priority Ranking affects the order in which the ads are displayed in browse and search results.
Ads are sorted by priority/weight (Priority Ranking option ID), i.e. Gold Level Priority ads (ID=3) will appear higher than Bronze Level Priority ads (ID=1).

Also there are several other parameters that affect ad position in addition to priority ranking.
The listings in browse/search results are sorted by the following fields :
1/ PPC Bid (if Pay_Per_Click module is installed);
2/ Featured flag;
3/ Priority Ranking;
4/ Availability modification date (if Availability module is installed);
5/ Date Added.

So, if 2 ads have the same priority ranking, their position in search results depends on all these factors.

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