Pinterest – social media saviour or security failure? In recent months it feels like Pinterest has come out of almost nowhere to become the third largest social platform in the world.
Andrew Conway, lead software engineer at security expert Cloudmark, discusses the rise to fame of Pinterest and the security issues that can come with instant success. Since its launch in March 2010, Pinterest has rapidly reached heady heights. Last year, Time magazine named Pinterest as one of its “50 best websites of 2011” and according to comScore, by January 2012 the website had attracted an unbelievable 11.7 million unique users, cementing its position as the fastest site in history to surpass the ten million unique visitor mark. Despite being the new kid in class, Pinterest has already become the third most visited social networking site in the United States this year, just behind Twitter and Facebook. How to Prevent Scammers From Making Money Off Your Pinterest - Aurora. Pinterest is the Next Big Thing, if it's not already the Current Big Thing .
The image-sharing social network appeals to people across the globe, no matter what your interest. Parents, teens, and even the president of the United States use the site daily to share recipes, fashion tips, decorating ideas, and vacation plans. Fans describe the site as a digital scrapbook , the perfect solution for keeping track of visual compilations and a great way to plan events — a far cry from merely a place to post things that catch your eye! As with all trendy new things, however, it didn't take long before scammers descended. How Pinterest Is Influencing Web Design. Pinterest today is all the rage.
Earlier this year, the site cracked the 10 million monthly unique visitor mark faster than any site—ever. Whether you personally “pin” or not, it’s interesting to see the impact that Pinterest is currently having on web design. Case in point: New start-ups are launching with what basically amounts to a Pinterest interface (the new travel recommendation engine Wanderfly is just one example). Look for more Pinterest-inspired sites to come, what with WordPress developers hard on work at picture-laden themes.
Now borrowing elements from popular and successful websites is nothing new, of course. In this post, I’ll reflect on just a handful of the websites that have had the most influence on Web design over the past 15 years. E-Commerce Sites: Amazon.com and eBay Go back to the days of Netscape. Why they mattered: These sites were the trailblazers. Je Like - Ipad et Pinterest: les nouveaux «amis» du consommateur - Aurora. Publié le 19 mars 2012.
Les pirates à l'abordage de Pinterest. Cet article a été publié il y a 2 ans 30 jours, il est possible qu’il ne soit plus à jour.
Les informations proposées sont donc peut-être expirées. J’ai souvent consacré mes articles aux arnaques sur Facebook et Twitter, aujourd’hui, je vais vous parler de la première escroquerie disponible sur … Pinterest ! Preuve de son succès grandissant, les escrocs s’y attaquent. Commençons par considérer avec attention l’élément qui nous intéresse sur cette image. Vous ne remarquez rien ? Il est intéressant de noter que Pinterest réunit certaines caractéristiques de Facebook et de Twitter, de sorte que vous recevez ce type de messages même si vous ne « suivez » pas la personne qui le diffuse (illustration ci-dessus).
Ajoutons que Pinterest est principalement un album d’images, et qu’il n’est pas nécessaire d’élaborer de tactiques d’ingénierie sociale ni de rédiger des textes soignés pour tromper les utilisateurs dans ce récent réseau social. Revenons à notre beauté. Des liens frauduleux font leur apparition sur Pinterest - Journal du Net e-Business - Aurora. Pinterest Has A Porn Problem. How Pinterest Changed Website Design Forever. Even if you haven't ever visited popular visual bookmarking site Pinterest, you might recognize its design elements — which have been popping up everywhere since the startup burst onto the mainstream scene in 2011.
The site doesn't use traditional web building blocks. "It's almost like a window-shopping mode," says Khoi Vinh, the former design director for NYTimes.com. "It puts the ball back in the user's court," muses Andrew Beck, a web designer at Blue Fountain Media. "It flattens the information hierarchy," describes Jeff Croft, a web designer and co-founder of ebook lending site Lendle. Pinterest puts web content into sticky-note sized blocks users can organize onto pinboards that fill the entire browser screen. Though the hot Palo Alto startup is staying mum about its user numbers, one study found it drives more traffic to websites than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn combined.
As it has gained in popularity, so too has its unusual design. Consequently, the design caught on. Pinterest Will Let Web Publishers Opt Out With Code. Pinterest is offering code that will let publishers opt out of sharing their site content on the increasingly popular social network.
In an interview with LLSocial.com, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann said users who try to pin from sites using the code will see a message telling them "This site doesn't allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting! " Pinterest's copyright policies and user agreements have been the subject of debate, with some site publishers and industry observers arguing that Pinterest puts the legal responsibility for policing copyright violations on its more than 10 million users.
Josh Davis, who conducted the interview with Silbermann, noted that the code won't prevent users from downloading images from sites using the code then uploading them directly to Pinterest. The character limit is aimed at curtailing a practice by some users to cut and paste entire blog posts or articles into the caption of an image. What Pinterest means for the arts. There's been a deafening hype around Pinterest since it exploded on to the social media scene last month. Like the noisy new kid on the block it's impossible to ignore – have a quick look at #Pinterest on Twitter and you'll notice it's a little like Marmite; you either love it or you hate it. A cross between an image-sharing social network and a bookmarking tool, Pinterest works by organising or "pinning" images from anywhere on the web to a virtual personal pinboard.
You can create as many boards as you want, on any theme – fashion, food, craft, architecture, interior design – then locate images and use a "Pin It bookmarklet" to stick them to your moodboards.