Pinterest: the new look for social bookmarking
Pinterest is the next thing in social bookmarking. Rather than using standard text and text-based descriptions for bookmarks, and organizing them into folders or categories, Pinterest allows you to visually bookmark pages of interest – and select a corresponding image from that page (or one you specify via URL or upload) to represent that bookmark. Oh, and bookmarks aren’t called bookmarks — they’re called pins. And pins are categorized on boards, rather than in folders or categories.
I love Pinterest. Visually, the layout is gorgeous. The never-ending scroll on pages makes it easy to just browse and browse and browse. You can search pins, boards, do specific word searches, or just browse what other people are pinning. From a social networking standpoint, Pinterest is a lot of fun and easy to use, and makes it easy to keep up with your friends’ interests. And from an SEO standpoint, Pinterest is definitely a worthwhile marketing and optimization tool.
Right now Pinterest is invite-only, but go ahead and request an invite — I got mine within a matter of days!
