Pinterest Announces Guided Search For Easier Content Discovery

Sunday, 10 August 2014

Pinterest Announces Guided Search For Easier Content Discovery

Search Engines are great for answering specific questions.For example,a tutorial for Building Android Apps ,whether conditions in a city,and so on.But don't you sometimes feel at a loss to pin point what you're looking for,and randomly sift through the internet for a chance encounter? Perhaps you need some creative ideas for your up coming vacations.But there never existed a search engine who could help you with such stuff until now.

Pinterest has today introduced their Guided Search to help you find ideas.It is a predictive search engine that is powered by social curation,and is made for exploring new stuff.Guided Search is perfect for the situations when you don't know what you want to ask ! It helps you get ideas from more than 30 billion Pins hand-picked by other people such as travelers,foodies,techies and so on!

Whenever you search for ideas,such as suggesting for vocations,or working out,or cooking out etc. descriptive guided will help you sift through all the good ideas from the Pinners,just like you who are/were interested in the same thing(s),and have suggestion for you.You can scroll through the guides and tap any that looks interesting to steer your search in the right direction.Hence , 'Guided' search.

Suppose you are home alone and your mood is for cooking.You can look up recipes that are easy to make.You can use the guided search from Pinterest,and use pins from other wannabe cooks to guide your search and get specific - Chinese,home-made,quick-to-make and so on.You can also search for specific styles for when you decide to get a new hair cut,for example.

The guides are there to get you where you want to go,but the best part is leaving a little room for a pleasant surprise.Exploring Gate way ideas might help you lead to a tree-house adventure,a motor cycle trip down the coast,or maybe something you did not know you were looking for.You might be surprised where you end up!

So try this function and enjoy it on your ipad,iphone or android to give it a try.Also please share you experience with us in the comments below.Happy blogging :)