Sarah BucknerAccount Associate

Pinterest for SEOHow to use this unique social bookmarking site for your company

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What is Pinterest?

Pinterest is used to organize and share online photos and videos

Pins become a visually appealing virtual bulletin board of bookmarked website pages allowing users to easily get to the source of the image

Fastest site to break 10 million users

January 2011, about 120,000 users

January 2012, over 11 million unique usersWith its growing popularity, the potential for Pinterest as an SEO tool is huge

Backlinks

Everything that gets pinned on Pinterest is a followed link back to the website it was found on, so getting people to pin photos linking to your site creates many high-quality backlinks excellent for SEO

Tips on Using Pinterest for SEO

Create a business profile and share content by pinning photos from your website

Be sure to assign categories and use hashtags to tag your content appropriately, and organize your boards by themes with related content

Link the photo you’re pinning to a specific and relevant URL on your site, just like you would a landing page

Comment on other pins and boards of similar interests

More Tips

Pin and repin related content from other companies and Pinterest users and allow users to share content with you, i.e. Whole Foods

Lastly

Be careful, spamming and in-your-face self-promotion is frowned upon

However, creative marketing and idea sharing is welcomed

Happy Pinning!

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contact the experts at:

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