3. Taxonomy Structures
Sprig; A complete list of content categories returned for the ‘classifyText’ method are shown
below.
The Natural Language API filters the categories returned by the ‘classifyText’ method to include
only the most relevant categories for a request.
IAB- “The working group was conscious that the taxonomy should be leveraged by publishers and
advertisers to describe the topical “aboutness” of content with the primary purpose of facilitating
relevant, brand safe, and effective advertising. “
The goal for the group was to create an enhanced and more powerful taxonomy, enabling
content creators to more accurately and consistently describe content, facilitating more relevant
advertising and providing a higher quality and more granular foundation for data analysis.
4. Taxonomy Structures
Google:
“A complete list of content categories returned for the ‘classifyText’ method are shown
below.
The Natural Language API filters the categories returned by the ‘classifyText’ method to include
only the most relevant categories for a request.”
IAB:
“The working group was conscious that the taxonomy should be leveraged by publishers and
advertisers to describe the topical “aboutness” of content with the primary purpose of facilitating
relevant, brand safe, and effective advertising. “
The goal for the group was to create an enhanced and more powerful taxonomy, enabling
content creators to more accurately and consistently describe content, facilitating more relevant
advertising and providing a higher quality and more granular foundation for data analysis.
13. The crux of the matter is
❏ Taxonomy Structures are designed to classify content, not
news/information
❏ Publisher in advertising means content publisher, not news
publisher
❏ IAB & Sprig both are designed to cater to advertising, not news
webpage
❏ It also explains why contextual keyword types have always
struggled in News domains
18. Everyone knows the limitations of IAB categories,
So let’s keep that aside and try to achieve
the maximum accuracy level with the current structure.
The more important question is