"we build a model that estimated a conditional probability of booking in a location, given where the person searched. A search for ‘San Francisco’ would thus skew toward neighborhoods where people who also search for San Francisco typically wind up booking, for example the Mission District or Lower Haight.”
"what a user has bought in the past, which items they have in their virtual shopping cart, items they’ve rated and liked, and what other customers have viewed and purchased. heavily customize the browsing experience for returning customers."
the online-research rate of cereal is 45%, while it’s 55% and 65% for soaps and cosmetics. So CPG companies are using social media to understand the needs, gaps, brand equity, and purchase behavior leading to significant input for targeting, positioning, new product development.