Lowdown: Pinterest
Rob MeldrumWeapon7
The website Pinterest is rapidly expanding, hitting 12 million monthly unique visitors in the US, faster than any other independent site in history. Daily visitors have increased 145% since the beginning of 2012 and the average time spent on the site is 72 minutes, almost half an hour more than Facebook (Shareaholic, AppData.)
The simplest way to describe it is as a virtual pinboard. It allows users to display photos of anything they're interested in by 'pinning' them to their board. All boards are available to view by anyone, so anyone can browse for inspiration...