With 30 billion pins, Pinterest introduces Guided Search

Pinterest’s total number of pins has increased 50 percent in the past six months.

“It’s the world’s largest collection of objects,” said CEO Ben Silbermann at an event at his company’s San Francisco headquarters on Thursday night. And he noted that Pinterest has spent much of the past year making those “objects” more than just pretty pictures — they are now loaded with links to purchase information, movie ratings, GPS locations, related pins and other information. Guided search allows exploration and discovery.
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