So, all one needs to do to rise up in Google results is the kind of thing Pinterest is doing, you're saying? Meaning what they are doing works? And has been for years, surviving algo changes by Google?
The question we're discussing is whether or not Pinterest's claim that this is all Google's fault is credible.
If you'd like to have a different discussion, you'll be wanting to have that with someone else.
Yes, Google have a problem.
At best, Pinterest exploited it. At worst, they actively worked with Google for some presumptive mutual benefit, screwing over the rest of the Web community.
Would that not be a first?