Pinterest: How to Block Pinning from your Website

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Linda


How do I keep people from pinning images on my website?

I’m not sure “WHY” you would want to do this, but if there is a need, there is a way…

No pinning allowed

Pinterest may be an Internet hit — especially with U.S. women and Facebook CEOs. But not all companies want to ride the pinboard wave of referral traffic.

Now Pinterest has released code for companies that want to block the pinning of content from their sites to personal pinboards.

Pinterest recently released the code in their help section, which companies can copy and paste into their websites, prompting a message with each pin attempt that states: “This site doesn’t allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting!”

Watch the video.

Here is the page where you can get help from Pinterest.

Here is the code to use on your website to prevent pinning:

<meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" />

Helping you define your roadmap for success

Linda

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Mark Zuckerberg Joined Pinterest

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Linda


Pinterest and Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg has a Pinterest account!

So what…????  He also has a Twitter account and Google + account.

In looking at both of these accounts, it doesn’t appear that he has done much with them.

Come on,,, he has 19 tweets!  I don’t like or use Twitter but have substantial more tweets!

Let’s look at his Pinterest profile.

pinterest facebook

So, we don’t care that Mark Zuckerberg has a Pinterest account. BUT we do care that Pinerest users spend a lot of time on Pinterest…  Look at the graphic below..

facebook pinterest usage

Social Network Usage

So Pinterest has moved into contention position to some of the other social media sites. (Facebook and Tumblr don’t need to worry,,,,yet.)

Helping you to define your roadmap for success,

Linda

 

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How to Use Pinterest – a Hack

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Linda


How to Use Pinterest…

There are many things you can do with Pinterest.  We have already talked about a few but this post is for fun… At least for now.

There is a Pinterest hack that mashable explains:

Do you remember those awesome Facebook and Google+ profile hacks?

Well, Nick McGlynn, a creative Pinterest user, has done something similar on the new social service, “hacking” a Pinterest board to display one image sliced into nine sections.

Inspired by McGlynn, we have put together a super-simple, Photoshop-free how-to that demonstrates how you can “hack” your Pinterest boards. Have a read through our easy-peasy walkthrough. Link us in the comments to your Pinterest hacks and we’ll feature the best submissions in a forthcoming Mashable gallery.

I followed the steps on Mashable and made my own graphic:

Pinterest image hack

Pinterest Image Hack

 

Here is a high level view of the steps. (To see step by step, go to the mashable article.)

  1. Get a square image
  2. Slice image into 9 images (3 x 3)
  3. Upload all 9 images to your new board

Have fun and let me know what you do with this.  I would love to see some of your created images.

Helping you define your roadmap to success,

Linda

 

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Why Pinterest

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Linda

Why Haven’t I Heard of Pinterest?

Pinterest came out of nowhere!  Here are a few great stats about why you need to consider using Pinterest:

  • 30% of the users are ages 35 – 44
  • 90% are women
  • 60% have attended college
  • 70% are in the $25K – $75K i
    ncome bracket
Why Pinterest - stats
As I mentioned in the last post, Pinterest is in the top ten social media sites.  In February it beat out LinkedIn, Tagged, Google +, MySpace and Yelp. 
Here are 5 SEO tips mentioned in this article:
  1. Title – Take care in what you name your title
  2. Board Titles – should be keyword focused
  3. Link to your website
  4. Use keywords in description
  5. Always have one nice image on your blog post
This article on Pinterest had a lot of interesting insights which is why I pinned it to one of my boards!
Try using Pinterest today.  If you need an invite, just put your request below. Remember, I need a valid email address in order for Pinterest to send you an invite.


 

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