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The Role of WordPress Ecommerce in the Coming Content and Commerce Era

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In April 2018, Hearst bought a minority stake in Gear Patrol , an enthusiast men’s brand focused on products and stories about the outdoors. It is content and commerce at its finest. Achieve organic search visibility and decrease paid PPC costs, subsequently increased ROAS or testing new keyword waters with the saved money.

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

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Google Adwords was introduced in 2000 as a way for ecommerce businesses to advertise to people using the Google search tool. With the help of short text ad copy and display URLs, online retailers began using the tool in a pay-per-click (PPC) context. Other ecommerce technology platform providers launched in the same era.

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