It was in the earlier part of the week when Hulu updated their privacy policy, which now states that the digital video service is ignoring Do Not Track requests sent by people’s browsers that, if enabled to do so, ask that their browsing behavior not be tracked by a company, typically when not on that company’s […]

Pinterest announced yesterday that they have a relationship with Oracle Data Cloud to measure the company’s impact on in-store sales.  Oracle owns Datalogix, along with other martech brands. Also, Pinterest even publicized the results of a study that “measured in-store sales for 26 Promoted Pin campaigns across major food and drink, household goods and beauty brands.”  In […]

It seems that Pinterest’s ad marketplace is getting bigger than it once was.  According to the Wall Street Journal, it’s been reports today that Pinterest has opened up their advertising platform to the United Kingdom, allowing them to use the self-service platform to purchase ads for the millions of UK Pinterest users. The pinning social network has […]

If you’re a business owner in the US, and you want to be able to advertise on Pinterest, you won’t have much more time to wait.  Starting in January, Pinterest said that all US advertisers will be able to buy Promoted Pins. Last January, the company officially launched Promoted Pins to a limited list of […]

Pinterest now has a new in-Pin search that allows users to zoom in on specific element within a pin to find other Pins that are visually similar to the selected element.  This feature gives you the ability to do an image-driven search without using a single keyword.  What you’re not going to see in Pinterest’s visually similar […]

When it comes to being the unequivocal social source of design inspiration, you can look no further than Pinterest.  Even after you’ve found what you’re looking for, users might end up looking for more afterwards.  You might wonder what article of clothing he or she was wearing, where do I find that table?  Well, Pinterest has come […]

Pinterest is going to be bringing Buyable Pins to Android. Back in June, Pinterest launched their long-awaited e-commerce feature exclusively on the iPhone and iPad.  Now, the company has announced that they will start rolling out the service for Android users.  They will be launching “The Pinterest Shop,” which is a curated collection of Buyable Pins […]

When you look at the variety of social networks, each of them definitely has their own style and flair.  Pinterest is one of those social networks that have just the right level of flair that makes them quite different from the others.  They aren’t so much a social network for people who want to share […]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what is the value of a Pin to a small business owner? Turns out, users of +Pinterest spend an average of $50 per order (Source: goo.gl/VQcqBz). In this episode of Google Small Business, find out how you can use Pinterest as a visual discovery platform for […]

It seems that Pinterest is really ramping things up when it comes to monetization.  Back in January, Pinterest officially launched Promoted Pins.  In May, a flurry of new ad formats came about.  In July, the company introduced Buyable Pins.  From this, we can take in the fact that Pinterest is really pushing to try making more money with […]