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My only interaction with Pinterest is that it dominates Google Image Search results, and then when you click on the result the image is nowhere to be found. Wis

My only interaction with Pinterest is that it dominates Google Image Search results, and then when you click on the result the image is nowhere to be found. Wish Google would do something about that.

zackargyle 8y ago
They already did. You likely won't have that same issue anymore.
- cpach 8y ago
  What did Google change?
- dawnerd 8y ago
  When did that happen? Just did a search and amazingly didn't find a single pinterest image when the last time I ran the same query it was nothing but. Huge improvement.
- djrogers 8y ago
  Had that issue over the weekend, and it's still happening today with the same search.
overcast 8y ago
Or you just get login/signup screen. Horrible UX.
- naravara 8y ago
  And if you’re on mobile, they take up like 40% of your screen to insist you use the app. Websites and web based services trying to force me to download an app, which is basically just a container for displaying the same web content, are honestly in the top five worst things about the modern web. And it’s competition involves Nazis invading social networks, erosion of privacy, etc.
  - huehehue 8y ago
    If you're lucky, you can get around that by requesting the desktop site. Would love an add-on/extension for mobile browsers that stops sites from injecting links to the app store.
    - majewsky 8y ago
      uBlock Origin for Firefox Mobile might be doing that. I cannot recall seeing any of these in recent times, but I'm not sure if that's just because the websites I visit don't have any.
  - zackargyle 8y ago
    You probably haven't used the app in the last 6 months. The mobile website was completely redone and doesn't force you to use the app anymore. See: https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/a-one-year-pwa-retrospective-f4a2f4129e05 https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/a-one-year-pwa-ret...
    - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
      Wow, you Pinterest employees are all over this submission.
lemoncucumber 8y ago
To make matters worse, Google Image Search removed the feature that let you follow a link directly to the image itself.
- eli 8y ago
  that was part of a settlement from a Getty Images lawsuit
  - bogomipz 8y ago
    Aren't all the Getty images water marked though? WOuldn't this have driven traffic to them?
    - OtterCoder 8y ago
      Why would it? Thumbnail watermarks are usually too small to see, and when you click to the image to go to Pinterest, all you'd see is the 'signup now' modal, with another group of thumbnails greyed out peeking around the edges.
      - bogomipz 8y ago
        As someone else noted Google has disabled this behavior.
    - eli 8y ago
      Nope, not all the ones people paid to license for just their site.
- faitswulff 8y ago
  A nice workaround is to right click the expanded image in the search results and click "view image" or "copy image location"
- pathartl 8y ago
  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhce...
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
I keep seeing this complaint but I've never come across it. I honestly can't remember ever being sent to Pinterest from GIS. Perhaps I'm searching for the wrong things?

My only interaction with Pinterest is that it dominates Google Image Search results, and then when you click on the result the image is nowhere to be found. Wish Google would do something about that.

zackargyle 8y ago

They already did. You likely won't have that same issue anymore.

cpach 8y ago
What did Google change?
dawnerd 8y ago
When did that happen? Just did a search and amazingly didn't find a single pinterest image when the last time I ran the same query it was nothing but. Huge improvement.
djrogers 8y ago
Had that issue over the weekend, and it's still happening today with the same search.

overcast 8y ago

Or you just get login/signup screen. Horrible UX.

naravara 8y ago
And if you’re on mobile, they take up like 40% of your screen to insist you use the app. Websites and web based services trying to force me to download an app, which is basically just a container for displaying the same web content, are honestly in the top five worst things about the modern web. And it’s competition involves Nazis invading social networks, erosion of privacy, etc.
- huehehue 8y ago
  If you're lucky, you can get around that by requesting the desktop site. Would love an add-on/extension for mobile browsers that stops sites from injecting links to the app store.
  - majewsky 8y ago
    uBlock Origin for Firefox Mobile might be doing that. I cannot recall seeing any of these in recent times, but I'm not sure if that's just because the websites I visit don't have any.
- zackargyle 8y ago
  You probably haven't used the app in the last 6 months. The mobile website was completely redone and doesn't force you to use the app anymore. See: https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/a-one-year-pwa-retrospective-f4a2f4129e05 https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/a-one-year-pwa-ret...
  - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
    Wow, you Pinterest employees are all over this submission.

lemoncucumber 8y ago

To make matters worse, Google Image Search removed the feature that let you follow a link directly to the image itself.

eli 8y ago
that was part of a settlement from a Getty Images lawsuit
- bogomipz 8y ago
  Aren't all the Getty images water marked though? WOuldn't this have driven traffic to them?
  - OtterCoder 8y ago
    Why would it? Thumbnail watermarks are usually too small to see, and when you click to the image to go to Pinterest, all you'd see is the 'signup now' modal, with another group of thumbnails greyed out peeking around the edges.
    - bogomipz 8y ago
      As someone else noted Google has disabled this behavior.
  - eli 8y ago
    Nope, not all the ones people paid to license for just their site.
faitswulff 8y ago
A nice workaround is to right click the expanded image in the search results and click "view image" or "copy image location"
pathartl 8y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhce...

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

I keep seeing this complaint but I've never come across it. I honestly can't remember ever being sent to Pinterest from GIS. Perhaps I'm searching for the wrong things?