{"id":19683,"date":"2013-05-22T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content26.com\/?p=19683"},"modified":"2017-02-14T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T19:19:26","slug":"youtube-now-one-step-closer-to-e-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/youtube-now-one-step-closer-to-e-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube, Now One Step Closer to E-Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Google<\/strong> recently introduced a new <strong>YouTube<\/strong> gadget for consumer goods brands that allows\u00a0shoppers to comparison shop and purchase products featured in the videos they watch on a brand&#8217;s YouTube channel, &#8220;<a title=\"Connecting people and the products they love\" href=\"http:\/\/googleretail.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/connecting-people-and-products-they-love.html\" target=\"_blank\">all with fewer clicks than today<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unilever<\/strong> is the first brand to use this gadget, for their TRESemme line. For now, the gadget is only available to consumer goods brands, and Google has not explained how retailers are chosen for (or can lobby to be included in) the purchasing options presented. 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