Search Pinterest Pictures Without Pinterest

April 25, 2017

Pinterest is the beloved social media network, where users can post pictures, make comments, get decorating ideas, and recipes. However, Recode tells us about a new implausible Google Chrome extension: “Pinterest Will Now Let You Search For Products Using Any Image You Find Online-Without Visiting Pinterest.” Pinterest just launched a new Google Chrome extension that allows users to save images seen online as they browse. The extension will work like this:

The new tool lets you select an item in any photograph online, and ask Pinterest to surface similar items using its image recognition software. For example: If you see an image of sunglasses you like on Nordstrom.com, you could use the extension to browse similar glasses from Pinterest without ever leaving Nordstrom’s website. If you click on one of the search results, you’ll then be taken to Pinterest.

Pinterest wants to leverage itself as an image search engine for all images, in real life and on the Internet. Evan Sharp, Pinterest co-founder, said that users, should not “..have to put their thoughts into words to find great ideas.” Visual search technology already exists, but only on Pinterest’s Web site.

Whitney Grace, April 25, 2017

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Google, Image search, News, Search quality

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