Flickr Launches Video; It’s Not A YouTube Clone

Apr 9, 2008 at 6:29am ET by Greg Sterling

Flickr is arguably the jewel in Yahoo’s crown — a great site that in many ways has no peer. Now, after a long wait, video has been added. One might imagine that this is intended to compete with Google’s YouTube, but as the Flickr blog explains the new capabilities have been set up to complement the existing Flickr culture and community.

It’s very different than YouTube.

Videos are limited to 90 seconds and can only be uploaded by “pro” account holders (paid). Everyone can watch video, however. There’s an emphasis on personal material and not third-party or copyrighted clips (e.g., The Daily Show).

Yahoo incorporated Flickr photos into image search and one can imagine that the same will ultimately happen with video as well. Flickr video is also very different from Yahoo’s more traditional video site or from its new Live video site.

There’s more discussion of Flickr video at Techmeme.

Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor at Search Engine Land, and writes a personal blog Screenwerk, examining the broader world of media and advertising. He also posts at a Local Mobile Search, which is focused on the mobile Internet.

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