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I knew Pinterest was going to have to go to no-follow sooner or later. The site doesn't do hardly anything except OBL. Even without the change, the link juice it was passing was near zero anyway because it was linking out to SO MANY different places, certainly far more than were linking in. Basically the change is negligible. Besides, Pinterest is a social media site. Anyone using them simply for the link just doesn't get it anyway and Pinterest will be glad to be rid of people like that.
I agree, Matt it is a social media site. However, don't discount the use of social media sites to make connections, build relationships, and develop a presence. Rather than an easy way to build links (if that even exists), it's a great platform to develop a network of people to potentially collaborate with and thus, open up opportunities to build links through content.
Pinterest has been no-follow for a while now, however, I have seen a major increase in natural links by using Pinterest as a springboard for my viral content. For instance, I released a viral on Pinterest last week that received upwards of 40,000 visitors within the first 24 hours. Even at this very moment a week later there are still 50 people on the site looking at that same content. Unlike the other social networks, Pinterest allows the content to linger around and be shared up to weeks later. Not only will this increase your chances of getting some awesome traffic but some heavy duty natural links as well.
Pinterest is definitely a no-follow but according to this article, you can get a followed link from Klout http://davidmcohen.com/how-to-get-a-followed-link-from-klout-in-1-simple-step/
The whole WEB is trending towards No-follow. Honestly, do we really expect anything different? Honestly I see Pinterest as more about generating interest and awareness than getting link value anyways. If you're using Pinterest solely for the link value you're completely ignoring why that platform exists.
Twitter and Facebook are also nofollow. Is there still any benefit?
Seriously? Is there any benefit to anything based on whether you get a follow link from that? If that's what some believe, I sure hope they abandon all the social media sites that use nofollow. More direct traffic and attention for the rest of us.