6. The method of claim 1 , where the at least two columns of sponsored search results are positioned to the left of the at least third column of organic search results for the search query in response to at least 50% of the one or more organic search results being commercial.
1. A computer-implemented method for optimizing the relative positions of sponsored and organic search results on a search results page displayed to a user, the method comprising: calculating, by a search engine, a degree of commerciality of a search query; receiving the search query from a user by the search engine; and delivering, by the search engine to a browser of a user in response to the search query, a plurality of sponsored search results in at least two columns and a plurality of organic search results in at least a third column of one or more search results pages, where a layout of the at least three columns depends on the degree of commerciality of the search query; where the degree to which the search query is commercial is based on an analysis of one or more of the organic search results associated with advertisers that also bid on search terms related to the search query.