Pinterest is releasing a small update to its search engine that's designed to make the process a little simpler for its users.

New data from Pew Research has found that the proportion of online Americans who use Pinterest and Instagram has doubled since Pew first started tracking social media platform adoption in 2012.

Pinterest is actually one of the highest converting social sites on the web, especially for e-commerce. But how do you get started on Pinterest?

Pinterest is a strong contender to go public in 2016, having already been valued at $11 billion after raising $1.3 billion in funding. The visual scrapbook platform should be printing money. Its predominantly female audience browses Pinterest's various boards for inspiration about their next fashion purchases, vacation destination, or on how to decorate a house — and they also act as free brand representatives by "pinning" their favorite products, making them visible to others.

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