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Social networks have made their place in our daily lives. Imagine telling someone to spend one day without Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+ etc, they’ll probably not respond in kind. Latest numbers released by the Pew Research Center reveal that 73 percent of U.S. adults now have a presence on online social networks, with Facebook leading by a colossal margin.

Facebook is the world’s largest social network with nearly 1.2 billion users, and its certainly popular in the U.S. as well, with 71 percent of all U.S. adults using it. Pew Research Center notes that the figure has gone up four points from the same time last year. The second most popular social network among U.S. adults is LinkedIn, which calls itself a “professional social network,” with 22 percent share, up from 20 percent last year. Pinterest comes in third place with 21 percent of U.S. adults, a respectable leap from just 15 percent last year and overtaking Twitter in the process. The microblogging network holds on to 18 percent of all U.S. adults, up just two points from 2012. Instagram comes last with 17 percent share, a four point improvement from last year’s 13 percent. Notice that Google+ isn’t mentioned in the stats, that’s not because no one uses it, its actually because Pew didn’t include Google’s social network in its survey questions.

73% Of All U.S. Adults Can Be Found On Social Networks original content from Ubergizmo.

Pinterest doesn’t want to just be the place you hoard random internet goodies, or aspirational items for hobby boards — it wants to become a real social tool. And it’s doing that today with Place Pins: private or collaborative travel maps highlighting local places of interest and recommendations. If it sounds like Foursquare without the obnoxious check-ins and “Mayor of…” notifications, that’s because it is — the company’s API is powering these pins. Maps loaded up with recommendations for good eats and sights to see can be created in tandem with new boards or added to existing ones and feature all the necessary contact info, like address and phone number, you want when looking up where to go. Pinterest’s even set up a feed dedicated to Place Pins(piration) and curated by notable travel outfits like Condé Nast Traveler, Airbnb, Fodor’s and others, so you can get a sense of how it works. It’s pretty simple, but useful stuff. Now, all you need is a good cluster of jet set friends to get the recommendations rolling and maybe some cash to actually get you out of Podunk and into those real-world, pinned places.

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Pinterest has announced a new partnership with Getty Images, something that brings additional information to users. This is one of the network’s efforts to increase the value of the network, and follows after things like price drop notifications and other handy changes. Getty Images is home to vast quantities of data, boasting “hundreds of thousands […]

It’s not yet directly challenging the likes of Pocket or Instapaper, but Pinterest has taken a step in that direction today. The social networking site has announced that it’s begun rolling out a new type of “pin” for articles, which will include things like the headline, author and a short description or excerpt of the article right in the pin (as seen above). Where it differs from other “read it later” services is that it doesn’t pull down the entire article for you to read later — you still need to click through to the original site. As you may recall, this latest move follows an expansion of another sort just last week: an “experiment” with promoted pins. According to the company, Pinterest users should start seeing the new feature on the web immediately, with a rollout to its mobile apps promised soon.

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A revenue model is essential for any online service that seeks to sustain itself. Pinterest is no different. It has been around for almost four years and has experienced immense growth. It is now seriously considering monetization, and the plans were laid out today by Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann. Users will soon begin to see promoted pins from a select group of businesses, initially, promoted pins will only appear in the search results and category feeds.

Nobody likes flashy banners of pop-up ads, and Silbermann is aware of that. He says that while they’ve not figured out all the details of this revenue model, he can say that promoted pins will be tasteful, meaning that there will be no pop-up ads or flashy banners. Promoted pins will also be relevant, so for example if the user is interested in recipes, the pin is going to be related to that particular interest. Since they’re just testing the model at this point in time, selected advertisers aren’t going to pay for promoted pins just yet. If Pinterest is able to determine that this model works as a sustainable way of generating revenue without compromising on user experience, they’ll then open it up for advertisers.

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