Pinterest
Pinterest is a social curation website for sharing and categorizing images found online. The site's name is a portmanteau of the words "pin" and "interest."
Site members can add a "Pin it" button to their browser and then select and "pin" online images to virtual pinboards, which are used to organize categories. Visitors can browse or search for image content and can follow the boards of other users and can "like" or repin other users' pins. Current Pinterest categories include architecture, art, DIY and crafts, fashion, food and drink, home decor, science and travel.
Pinterest requires brief descriptions, but the main focus of the site is visual. Clicking on an image will take the visitor to the original source, so, for example, if a woman clicks on a picture of a pair of shoes, she might be taken to a site where she can purchase them. An image of blueberry pancakes might point to a web page with the recipe; a picture of a whimsical birdhouse might lead the visitor to instructions for how to build it.
Pinterest was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. The Pinterest service launched as a closed beta in March 2010. Pinterest membership was initially by invitation-only but is now open to the general public. In 2011, TechCrunch selected Pinterest as the year's top startup, and Time magazine named it as one of the top 50 websites of that year. As of January 2012, the site had 11.7 million users.
Pinterest is a social curation website for sharing and categorizing images found online. The site's name is a portmanteau of the words "pin" and "interest."
Site members can add a "Pin it" button to their browser and then select and "pin" online images to virtual pinboards, which are used to organize categories. Visitors can browse or search for image content and can follow the boards of other users and can "like" or repin other users' pins. Current Pinterest categories include architecture, art, DIY and crafts, fashion, food and drink, home decor, science and travel.
Pinterest requires brief descriptions, but the main focus of the site is visual. Clicking on an image will take the visitor to the original source, so, for example, if a woman clicks on a picture of a pair of shoes, she might be taken to a site where she can purchase them. An image of blueberry pancakes might point to a web page with the recipe; a picture of a whimsical birdhouse might lead the visitor to instructions for how to build it.
Pinterest was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. The Pinterest service launched as a closed beta in March 2010. Pinterest membership was initially by invitation-only but is now open to the general public. In 2011, TechCrunch selected Pinterest as the year's top startup, and Time magazine named it as one of the top 50 websites of that year. As of January 2012, the site had 11.7 million users.
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