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eBay Introduces Image Search: Revolutionizing the Future of Shopping

Posted by SMstudy® on November 13, 2017 | Digital Marketing (DM)

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eBay Introduces Image Search: Revolutionizing the Future of Shopping

Visual search is the new trend this year. Pinterest was the first platform to come up with a visual search feature called Lens. This was followed by Amazon’s Spark to promote product search by allowing prime users to have a tailored feed of products worth buying.

The new entrant in visual search is eBay which normally doesn’t make it into news like Amazon, but this time they surely have tried their best to give its users a great shopping experience. Towards October end this year, eBay rolled out its new image-recognition feature for mobile apps allowing shoppers to use pictures instead of words while looking for products.

EBay uses convolutional neural network technology which processes images once they are uploaded to find products searched by users on its website. Deep learning and computer vision are the other two advanced elements of artificial intelligence responsible for this improved buying experience.

The technology used by the image search feature gives a complete representation of the image being searched and thus it enables the system to compare it with similar products listed on the site. The outcome being that items ranked in terms of visual similarity appear on the results page. This is possible due to eBay’s Kubernetes platform which enables giving quick search results.

With the help of machine learning and artificial intelligence, visual search lets mobile users find the products they love real quick, which enhances the overall shopping experience.


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