Tag: Pinterest
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Pinterest Gives in to Demand for Unlimited Secret Boards
One of Pinterest’s interesting features is its secret board. Users had up to six secret boards – until now. Users of the social bookmarking site and visual discovery tool can make the most of the recently announced unlimited options in secret boards. Pinterest attributed its latest decision to the increasing prevalence among users to use…
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Pinterest Invests in Image Recognition with New Acquisition
After Facebook bought Face.com and Yahoo’s purchase of LookFlow, Pinterest has snapped up VisualGraph, a start-up that develops image recognition, machine vision and visual search technologies. This latest acquisition by the pinboard-style photo-sharing website is an indication of the increasing demand for visual search solutions for better discovery and ad-targeting.
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New Research Points to a Facebook-Dominated Social Networking Trend Among U.S Adults
The Pew Research Center has found that social media continues to be a part of U.S adults’ daily lives. A whopping 73% spends time on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest. More people – 42% to be exact – are on multiple networks, a development driven by the proliferation of mobile apps and content marketing.
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Pinterest’s New Feature Makes it Easy for You to Discover New Pins
Pinterest has now made it easy for users to find pins they might like so they can cut down on the time spent on discovery. The new feature is called ‘related pins’ and as the name implies, recommends a selection of pins to users’ home feed. This appears to be a handy feature as it…
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Pinterest and LinkedIn Hot on the Heels of Facebook and Twitter in Content Sharing
That 75% of all online content is shared on Twitter and Facebook may not come as a big surprise to anyone. But here’s the big news: two well-known players are making rapid inroads into the content-sharing space. LinkedIn and Pinterest have reported robust sharing numbers; the world’s largest professional sharing network saw its content sharing…
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Hashtag Comes to Facebook!
One of the most popular features on Twitter – the hashtag, is now on Facebook. Although Facebook and Twitter are bitter rivals, it hasn’t stopped Facebook from capitalizing on the popularity of the hashtag. Facebook is not the only website to adopt the hashtag. A few months back, popular image sharing website – Pinterest, made…
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Use Pinterest Wisely for Your Online Marketing Initiative
Images are far more interesting than plain textual content and are instantly eye-catching. Even companies that don’t necessarily need to depend on images should use high-quality images on their websites to make their websites much more appealing to customers. The appeal of images can be seen by the fact that Pinterest and Instagram are some…
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Pinterest Mobile App users have a Lot to Look Forward to
Pinterest has now made the mobile application version of their website as feature-packed as the desktop version. Pinterest has announced that the latest versions of their mobile apps – Android 1.5 and iOS 2.4 will have numerous new features to make it easier for users to interact with others and to find pins. Some of…
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Create Effective International Social Media Marketing Campaigns
Most social media marketers and companies stick to Facebook and Twitter for all their social media and content marketing campaigns. In this global economy where valuable customers and leads need to be found from all countries to expand companies, these social media channels are not enough. With over a billion active users and because it…
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4 Shocking Social Media Trends
The believe it or not list on recent social media trends – do tell us what you think and what are your predictions on what’s to come on the social media scene.