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Understanding Pinduoduo and Search vs. Engagement-Focused Ecommerce (255)

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This week’s podcast is about search-focused vs. interaction / engagement focused ecommerce. And a lot about Pinduoduo. You can listen to this podcast here, which has the slides and graphics mentioned. Also available at iTunes and Google Podcasts. Here is the link to the TechMoat Consulting. Here is the link to our Tech Tours. Interaction / engagement-focused product has three dimensions: Recommendations. This is passive consumption, not active searching. So that means machine learning-powered...

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