Pinterest now allows you to pin content on a map
The social network of boards and thumbtacks continues to grow. If Pinterest managed to attract attention for its rapid conquest of users, now it's time to continue working on expanding functions and improvements to maintain its number and continue growing, in addition to meeting the necessary requirements to get advertisers and establish a model of profitable business It is for It has just updated its applications for Android and iPhone with a new and interesting function that is also available in the web version: pin content on a map
It is a characteristic that arises as a result of the very use that millions of people give to Pinterest And it is that more than750 million pins or posts shared on this social network have destinations or are centered on places. Therefore, the logical result was to create the possibility for users to create boards associated with specific points, with geolocation information and other data. The result is a particularly useful function for planning trips or sharing experiences from the places visited.
This new feature is called Place Pins and allows you to add place information when creating a new board, but also gives the user the option to do it later, with already created boards. Just add a new board or edit an already created one.In this way, when clicking on new content it is possible to choose specific places, establishments or even stores You just have to search for their name or location and, with the help of Foursquare, place it.
This not only means creating boards more curious or complete, but it is a great help when it comes to plan trips, create place-focused boards or match interests to their hometowns. In addition, it is possible to share them so that other users can also enjoy all that information. All this with data provided by Foursquare, so by clicking on any of them, if they are establishments, you can access information such astelephone number and other characteristics of the premises.
Along with these features, the new feature continues to support collaboration on boards, even when boards have geolocated data or a map In this way, it is possible for several users to click content, locating them on the map and being able to consult their location when accessing the board. These look different, leaving the contentson the left side and, on a large part of the screen, a world mapto which they refer. All well numbered and organized to know which content belongs to which location.
In short, a new function that the most participative and expert users in this social network will know how to take advantage of. In addition, it could be a new step in the advertiser search and a monetization system that allow brands to know the interests and places visited by users.Something that is yet to be seen. At the moment it is already possible to use this new function from the applications of Android, iPhone and iPad by updating them in Google Play and App Store It is a completely free app
