Did you see this great article on Pinterest in this month’s edition of Fortune Magazine? It’s a nice overview of the site, interview with Co-Founder & CEO Ben Silbermann, and insider information, including info about Tim Kendall, the Facebook Monetization Guru joining Pinterest. You can read the full article here. The best quote, from Ben,Continue reading “Fortune Magazine Exclusive With Ben Silbermann”
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Pinterest News – New Board Covers…
Now we can make Board “Cover Art”. Check out this new functionality outlined on the Pinterest blog. Love it…
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann’s Speech at ALT
Video: This speech by Ben Silbermann is phenomenal. He made the fastest growing website in the history of the Internet. And you gotta love the journey he’s been on. A founder’s tale like no other. Catch it here: http://vimeo.com/user10165343/review/35759983/820bd84fa4
Ben Silbermann of Pinterest Interviewed at Startup Grind
Here is another opportunity to see Ben Silbermann discuss Pinterest. He sits down in Palo Alto at the Startup Grind bimonthly event. The San Jose Mercury news calls Pinterest, “the hottest social network in Silicon Valley”. Learn why…
Recent Pinterest Changes to User Interface and TOS
In the grand cosmos of the change universe, legal wording changes are easy, compared to brilliantly designing addictive user interfaces. Pinterest is learning that the hard way. Pinterest has made 2 significant changes recently. First, they changed their Personal Profile Page Layout. Second, they’ve updated their Terms Of Service, (TOS). How did they do? TheyContinue reading “Recent Pinterest Changes to User Interface and TOS”
Pinterest’s Initial Public Grand Opening IPGO
Most radically successful tech firms dream of an I.P.O. (Initial Public Offering). They cash in, become Billionaires, and the employees all start buying cars that ends with the letter ‘i’. But it seems Pinterest has created a new category – the Initial Public Grand Opening” What’s that you ask? To sign up for Pinterest, [Pinterest Sign-UpContinue reading “Pinterest’s Initial Public Grand Opening IPGO”
Keyword Search Vs. Discovery: The WAR has begun…
Cue the music George… Did you catch this Mad Money segment about the “mystery” of Google not hitting it’s quarterly estimates? Cramer is confused, but I’m not. Keywords, (and therefore Pay Per Click Ads), are becoming old school before our eyes. What Cramer said, “The mystery began last Thursday when Google reported a “big earnings miss.”Continue reading “Keyword Search Vs. Discovery: The WAR has begun…”
Pinterest Growth Faster Than Any Other Stand-alone Site In History
According to Techcrunch, Pinterest has reached 10 million unique users faster than any other stand-alone site – EVER! Wow. Read the full article here
Pinterest January 2012 Traffic Numbers
The information on the January 2012 Pinterest traffic is starting to come in. The first well reported article is this one from Janet Aronica at Sharaholic: Pinterest Drives More Referral Traffic Than Google Plus, YouTube and LinkedIn Combined This chart tells the story: Our prediction – This year Pinterest will emege as the 2nd mostContinue reading “Pinterest January 2012 Traffic Numbers”
Google Interested In Pinterest? Guessed It…
Back on December 22nd 2011 in a blog post on visual search I wrote, Of course the secret sauce that makes this work is the curator phenomenon that is a central part of Pinterest. It’s similar to Wikipedia’s secret sauce in that regard. Curators make content valuable. Too bad Google didn’t figure that out and apply itContinue reading “Google Interested In Pinterest? Guessed It…”
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