Pinterest Referring More Websites than Bing and Yahoo Search

"A report from Shareaholic, analyzing traffic sources for its clients, found that Pinterest generated more website visits than both Bing and Yahoo in August. According to the data, Pinterest accounted for 1.84 percent of all visits last month, compared to 1.37 percent of traffic referred by Yahoo and 1.03 percent from Bing," reports Brafton. "Pinterest has seen a surge in traffic in recent months, consistently seeing improvements from May through August after a tough stretch to start the year. At its lowest point in 2012, Pinterest drove 0.74 percent of website visits for Shareaholic's clients. In the summer of 2011, Pinterest took off, as its user base swelled rapidly. The site's focus on visual content, helping marketers attract prospects with images provided an interesting alternative to Facebook, Twitter and other social media marketing mainstays." Read more.