Saturday, October 20, 2012

Pinterest and SEO



The data pinterest is reporting about the demographic makeup and growth of  its user base increasingly support the notion that Pinterest is a medium that should be pursued as part of a Search Engine Optimization strategy. The search engine team at searchenginewatch.com conducted an experiment to test link equity generated by pinterest pins, and found that even a light or moderate usage Pinterest profile generated traffic, and created "social buzz, and more visibility for the site overall."

They created a Pinterest account for a link with little equity and two recipe links. There observations were intriguing: " Within one week of pinning to the Pinterest wall, the site accumulated over 150 links."

While searchenginewatch.com cited many benefits to Pinterest use, the most compelling is its ability to buttress a SEO strategy for less established brands by "inject[ing] some fresh content and new social citation for your site."

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