Instagram brings search to desktop users

In addition, the updated Instagram website also boasts the introduction of other notable features like landing pages for geotags and hashtags; and it also allows users to see top posts when they search.

The update has been released worldwide. “While Instagram.com is designed to be complementary to the mobile app, it’s important to the global conversations that happen on Instagram“.

In the background is Instagram’s new search engine, which the company has promised will “dramatically” improve the quality of the results it surfaces.

Instagram revolutionized how we searched for pics of celebrities getting wasted on yachts on mobile, and now they’re bringing that same experience to the web.

Back in 2013, Instagram moved from an app-only to a full feed experience for Web users.

Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has more than 300 million monthly active users. A couple weeks ago it introduced high-resolution photos. The location pages are slick, featuring a map and posts that occurred in a specific location. But times have changed, and Instagram seems to be slowly warming up to the idea of making its website a fully functioning version of its app. Instgram in 2012 launched user profiles that could be viewed from the web and not just the Instagram app, and in 2013, it added the ability to grab embed codes. The tweet shows that you can now search for people, places or hashtags using a new search bar on Instagram Web.