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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

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With the help of short text ad copy and display URLs, online retailers began using the tool in a pay-per-click (PPC) context. The first Square app and service launched in 2010. Digital currencies. Google Adwords was introduced in 2000 as a way for ecommerce businesses to advertise to people using the Google search tool.

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