Thank you for your reply. I'm one of your very early adopters (that has left) and these days I can't help thinking that you are malicious.
Even if you fixed the hash issue, the dreaded "Sign up to see more" would still be there, right? You've done a great job making it near impossible to block that overlay.
Right now I do -inurl:pinterest to get you out of my Google search results. It works, but I'd be happier if you shared the images that people shared with you.
“Sign up to see more” is something we have removed for a large percent of our users (including all US users) and is something we are expanding as fast as we can while still allowing for growing a core user base in countries where it is relatively small. It’s a decision that’s complex and not my call but we hear the feedback loud and clear. To my knowledge in no country do we show the overlay immediately after clicking through on a Google search result. If you have a counter example please send it to me and I will share with the relevant internal team. ~Best
> “Sign up to see more” is something we have removed for a large percent of our users (including all US users) and is something we are expanding as fast as we can while still allowing for growing a core user base in countries where it is relatively small.
I guess Sweden is still a developing country over at Pinterest. :)
> To my knowledge in no country do we show the overlay immediately after clicking through on a Google search result.
It appears after scrolling about 700 pixels of images, usually just before I'm able to locate the image I found via Google Image Search... Looking forward to the day you ditch that dark gray pattern.
Although I'm not involved in SEO or these landing pages, I deeply care about the Pinterest experience and believe in the open web. So I spent the last day in passionate discussions with the relevant teams and leaders about how we can fix/improve these issues. I'm confident changes will be rolling out very soon, although of course I cannot promise anything specific.
In the meantime, I might suggest to consider using Pinterest directly for image searching. No bias of course ;). Thank you so much for your feedback.
Even if you fixed the hash issue, the dreaded "Sign up to see more" would still be there, right? You've done a great job making it near impossible to block that overlay.
Right now I do -inurl:pinterest to get you out of my Google search results. It works, but I'd be happier if you shared the images that people shared with you.