Can we talk about Pinterest?
I’m a big fan. I’ve fallen hard for this site. It is everything I love about the internet. It’s all about the visual for me!
Recently Ez of Creature Comforts shared this great post on using Pinterest to find out what your readers love about your site. It’s a helpful post that anyone with a website can use, you don’t even need to be on Pinterest.
So I have been using her tip and occasionally I will hop over to: http://pinterest.com/source/nobiggie.net/ to see what NoBiggie readers are liking (aka pinning). I have found great insight into this little tip, although, I have a little issue.
(Cue Soap Box… 
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As much as I love sharing inspiring images and ideas here on NoBiggie in addition to projects that I personally have shared, I wish people would go directly to the original site to pin the image. It’s so important to make sure you are pinning an image to the site where the idea was created, and NOT the “feature site” where you saw it.
It is really easy to hop on Pinterest and start repinning images that your friends have pinned and that you instantly love, but you really should take the time to double check the image source and make sure it links to the original site, and not a site it was just featured on.
Did you know Pinterest now has an app for the iPhone? I repinned an image I saw via the app the other day, and it was linked to the wrong site, and I couldn’t edit the pin from the app.
A quick rule of thumb: If I ever share an image here that I love, I will always link to the original source and in most cases I will pin it too, and in that case, repin away!
For instance: my post yesterday featuring Meg’s cute Summer List, I pinned it first before I blogged it.
(stepping off Soap Box now )
*Updated: I have reached my limit on Pinterest Invites. If you have a friend who is on Pinterest, send an email and request an invite from them. Please don’t request it here. Thank you.
What I think is annoying is when someone pins a picture from a blog’s main page instead of the specific blog post.
I, sadly, have spent countless hours looking at all kinds of pins. Not pinning properly is frustrating, I agree. Do you have any problem with the site “fetching pins” while you try scrolling down on a page? So many pictures on one single page just gags my computer and takes me forever to “quickly” look.
Aside from that, I just luv it Ü
THANK YOU!! I climbed on that soap box with you. There is nothing more frustrating than loving say an outfit from Polyvore and clicking 50 million times before actually getting to the actual Polyvore posting only to find out that it was created 2 years ago and none of the clothes are even available anymore!!! I’m like you, I take just a minute and click to the original post and pin myself so that when I go back for reference I have it. Yes I love Pinterest….now I think I shall see if I’m following you and if I’m not then I’ll def. add you!!!
Thanks so much for this URL info. I was just wondering about this yesterday!!! Totally agree about incorrect pinning procedures.
I’m really good about getting the exact site location. I actually go back and find the sites from the pins that I’ve re-pinned from other people.
I always try to pin from the original site but most of the time it says “large picture not found” and it won’t let me..so I have to do it from the feature site. I don’t really see the problem with doing it from the feature site when it takes you to the feature site anyway!
This is a good reminder to pin the original site. Sometimes I forget and click the repin button with out thinking.
Thanks Kami! I’m pretty new to Pinterest & I hadn’t even thought about this. From now on, I’ll pay attention and hopefully get it right.
I guess I use Pintrest as a way to help me “bookmark” sites that I want to remember… sometimes that is a “featured” page, because it has a useful list of things for a holiday or a project. I try to caption that it is a list. I really enjoy that all my bookmarks can be SEEN, it helps me a lot.
Love, love, LOVE Pinterest! It’s so addicting! My only complaint is that I’d like to have the option of creating private boards, for client projects or future gift ideas, etc. I have several craft & sewing projects that I’d like to save but don’t want friends to see my ideas before I give them a gift!
I wish there were private boards too! Sometimes it might be for a future blog post that you want to save.
AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!! I have been annoyed with the same thing on Pinterest! BTW- loved Meg’s list too. So much that we just finished our own summer list. SUCH a cute idea!
Hi! I am new to blogging and a new reader to your site. I actually stumbled upon it on accident and fell in love with it’s cute ideas! Wondering if you can tell me how to get started with pinterest. Thanks!
I can send you an invite later today. Is this the email you’d like it connected to?
I get frustrated as well when I can’t get to the original site. I try really hard to find it but still pin if it’s something I really like. Funny I’ve had many people comment on a pin and ask where it came from when all you have to do it click the picture and it goes straight there! I don’t think everyone knows how to use it.
I agree that the next step for Pinterest is to let us keep track of friends easier. I would also like to be able to have private boards Just For Me to see, for ideas I’m working on. I’ve grown so accustomed this last year to the ease of pinning ideas so I can actually find them again. I can never go back to my old ways now. Thanks and Happy Pinning!
I needed another computer addiction like a whole in the head, but I am TOTALLY hooked. I’m pinning all kinds of crazy stuff. It helps since we just moved into and old/new house. Love it.
Great article. I like the idea of not repinning too.. I’m going to work on that!
I have just recently started pinning on Pintrest. I have been a pinning fool….literally! So now that you have shown me the errors of my ways I will fix it! Thanks for the tips!
I want to start pinning! I have entered my email address at pinterest two times. How long does it take to get invited?
I hear you-its frustrating-I’ve done email 4 times over the last 3 or 4 months. Nothing.
I have tried to get onto pinterest over the last few days and it is VERY frustrating….can you invite me please? my e-mail address is karimakc@aol.com. Thanks in advance.
I have to agree with comment number one. I think it is much more of an issue if it is just linked to the main page.
I also have to say, as a site that features projects, my view is that if the project was found on my site, I appreciate when they pin the post from my site. I NEVER post tutorials or recipes, so the original site is still going to get the credit and the traffic, but the person that clicks on the pin will ALSO get to discover my site. Which is beneficial to both me AND the other sites I feature.
Just my two sense as someone who is passionate about featuring other bloggers.
I keep drooling over other people’s boards but sadly Pinterest still does the whole invite thing and doesn’t seem to like me
I’ve requested 3 invites in the last couple months and still haven’t recieved one.
I saw a lady with 140 boards so if there is a limit, it must be pretty high.
I just pin what I like when I see it because I am pinning for ME, not for everyone else. If they like something I pinned then that is cool but I pin where I find it and don’t always go back to the origianl, it is a way for ME to keep track of what I like…
Ah I am dying for a pinterest account!! I put my name on the invite list and I keep checking every few hours to see if I can get an account yet lol. I am so excited about this site I have so many images and blogs saved to my computer with tips, ideas and inspiration I can’t wait to start organizing everything. How long does it take to get an account??
I am so excited to start using Pinterest but I hate this whole invite thing… I just want to be able to start using it already! I am getting really discouraged from hearing that so many people still haven’t received an invite after months!
Ooooh, to everyone who’s waiting desperately for an invite, “like” Pinterest on facebook and post on the wall asking for an invite!!! Someone will see it and invite you.
I just fell upon pinterest.com. I loooove it. I am with all of you. I don’t like to find out something is no longer available or created years ago. I have been trying to get invited. What tips are there for speeding up the process. It is my new addiction. I can’t go to bed! something is always happening on pinterest/internet! ahahahah thanks for any help you can give.
Hi all! I, too, am ADDICTED to Pinterest! I can’t stop going there! I have also entered my email for what seems like the 100th time today, but still, no invite! I don’t have facebook. I know, I know…it’s amazing, but true. Can someone invite me?? Pretty please???????
epoh76@hotmail.com
How do you get an invite? I’ve been perusing for the past couple days waiting for them to process my invite and now I”m antsy!
I am totally in love with your site!!! And have recently fallen in love with pinterest too (not sure where I’ve been) but still haven’t received my invite… sigh. Any tips?
I’m so in love with Pinterest! I have been waiting for what seem like FOREVER to get my invite
does anyone know how long it takes?
Could you please send me an invite to pinterest? I have been waiting since before Thanksgiving. I couldn’t thank you enough for your generosity. Happy Holidays!! Shari
How long does an invite take? if someone could send me one I would SO appreciate it:)
I also have been waiting weeks for an invite, I’m so excited to get started and be part of this! Anyone gracious enough to send me an invite? Thanks!
I have been trying to get onto pinterest but the invite hasn’t come. Can someone please invite me? I would really appreciate it! (susan.mutschlechner@gmail.com) thank you!
I love pinterest and all the new blogs (like this one) and info I’ve found thanks to it but I have been waiting forever for an invite
would anyone be willing to invite me? Id really appreciate it
battistax4@yahoo.com
My daughters and I love this site but we, too, have been waiting forever for an invite! Could someone help us out and invite me. Thanks I’d really appreciate it! My e-mail is horshack@comcast.net
Hi,
I also have been waiting for a long time for an invite! Would someone be willing to send me an invite? I would really appreciate it! Thanks much!
Jaime.Elder@gmail.com