Using Pinterest Home Page As A Website Backlinks Checker

The online “Tak Board” and social media giant Pinterest is quickly becoming the “Go To” website for millions of people everyday looking for pictures (photos) of new, creative, inspiring ideas. But did you know that Pinterest is also a “Free Backlinks Checker” without actually trying to be a backlink checker?

Drawing Website Traffic By Using Pinterest

The popularity on Pinterest of breath taking real estate photos and stunning architectural examples make it a perfect match for realtors and real estate professionals alike. If you are a web savvy realtor, you understand that traffic to your website is of most importance. Without website traffic, you have no chance of gaining new clients (potential clients). More times than not, website traffic (visitors) comes from a “Backlink” from a high traffic site, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or LinkedIn.

Using Pinterest As A Free Backlink Checker

So, this afternoon while watching my wife search through Pinterest and “Pin” pictures of things that she finds appealing, I stumbled upon an awesome way to check all of your websites backlinks on Pinterest. Before I show you how to do this, I think it’s important to realize how effective SEO optimized images are for drawing website traffic. Think about this – there is a reason that Facebook has a “Photo Tag” option, Google has the “Google Image Search” option, and Facesaerch allows you to find a picture of anyone in the word by entering their name.

The BIG secret is……drum roll please, people are visual creatures! Yes, I said it. We as human beings like to look at pictures. I’ve read that Google estimates 4 out of every 10 people searching for something on the internet find it by viewing and clicking on an image.

Here’s how to search for backlinks on Pinterest

Enter the following URL into your browser bar http://Pinterest.com/source/YOURWEBSITE.com/

Using Ohio Real Estate Guys as an example:  http://Pinterest.com/source/ohiorealestateguys.com/

Mass Amounts Of Website Traffic From Pinterest

I’m sure many Realtors out there are asking themselves “Yea, but just how many backlinks can a real estate website get from pinning pictures on Pinterest?” Well, take a look at how many backlinks Zillow is producing from Pinterest – and if that’s not astonishing enough, look at how many backlinks Realtor.com is generating from Pinterest. I don’t know about you, but if Travis and I can draw more traffic to OhioRealEstateGuys.com by pinning pictures to Pinterest, count us in!