Pinterest starts offering website verification for profile pages

Pinterest users can now prove that they are who they say they are — or that they own the website they say they do, at least. The feature will be available to anyone in possession of a top-level domain (for example theverge.com) and is in the process of rolling out to the photo sharing service's users. Verified users will have a little checkmark next to the URL on their profile page, similar to how Twitter verifies accounts by marking the person's name. The feature differs, however, in tha...