Finding an image on a website to share on Pinterest is addicting. And pinning that recipe or photo or illustration is super easy if you have the helpful "Pin It" goodie provided by Pinterest. This button does two important things:
- The Pin It button allows you to grab an image from any website and add it to one of your pinboards—just make sure you are grabbing it from the ORIGINAL source. In other words, when you pin a recipe, make sure the website is the one that created the recipe. (More about this below.)
- When you see something amazing on a website and want to pin it, the Pin It button automatically grabs the source link so you can credit the original—to do this the linked website should be the original source.
The step-by-step directions for getting the Pin It button and adding it to your Bookmarks bar make installing this helpful goodie a snap. You can find the directions here.
LinkWithLove explains in their recent "Dear Pinterest" post why it is so important for Pinterest users to link to the original source because there is a person behind every piece of art, photo, or recipe and that creative person deserves to get credit. Find out more about savvy pinning here via the super savvy Kal Barteski.
MORE Pinterest Goodies
Pinterest offers a variety of other goodies including:
- Follow Button for Websites (Similar to a Twitter or Facebook follow button, add this button to your blog in a post or add it to the sidebar)
- Pin It Button for Websites (Readers can use this to pin your images on your blog onto Pinterest)
