
Amazon has a plan to index the world’s online shopping data
Summary
Amazon is developing a comprehensive database to collect information on all products sold across the internet. This project aims to centralize product details so that shoppers can complete their research directly on the Amazon platform rather than visiting external websites.
Amazon has plans to build a vault of data on every product sold anywhere on the internet, even products Amazon doesn't sell, and make the information available through its own site, according to Reuters. The project, called the "World Product Graph," is meant to make it less likely that shoppers leave Amazon to do their product research on Reddit or…
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