Instagram was born as a mobile app, but the platform has definitely been taking care of its web version lately. About a month ago, Instagram rolled out a new beautifully designed website and recently we found out that the platform was now storing high resolution images.
Today, Instagram is again rolling out a very nice addition to its web version: search.
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Search really was the missing bit on Instagram’s website. But this is now a thing of the past, as Instagram announced on Twitter today:
Starting today, you can search people, places and hashtags on web. pic.twitter.com/kadwSZd8xt
— Instagram (@instagram) July 20, 2015
Yes, you can now search for anything from hashtags, locations and even usernames right from the website. And the results have their own beautifully designed one pager.
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For example, here is what you will get when searching for “Paris” on Instagram:
And if you look up a hashtag – for example #dogs – you will get a similar page:
Instagram did not explain why it took them so long to bring such a basic and important feature to the web. The only comment is that Instagram.com is – and probably will always be – a complementary platform to the mobile app. Nevertheless, we are quite happy to see the changes brought to the website.
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