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Apr. 9, 2008 at 6:29am by Greg Sterling
Flickr Launches Video; It's Not A YouTube Clone
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...
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Feb. 26, 2008 at 11:40am by Greg Sterling
Despite Takeover Turmoil, Yahoo Not Rolling Over & Playing Dead
A curious thing is happening: Yahoo seems to be executing in the midst of the chaos of uncertainty surrounding its future. Speaking at an IAB event yesterday, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said the Microsoft takeover bid has been "a galvanizing event for everyone at Yahoo."...
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Jan. 17, 2008 at 8:41am by Barry Schwartz
The Library of Congress Teams Up With Flickr
The Library of Congress has teamed up with Flickr to create The Commons. The Library of Congress has added a sample of their over one million photos to Flickr, so that the Flickr community can help describe the photos through tagging. My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven...
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Dec. 13, 2007 at 4:18pm by Barry Schwartz
Flickr Launches Stats: Detailed Overview
Flickr just announced the launch of Flickr Stats for Flickr Pro accounts. Who doesn't love stats? Now having them on my Flickr account makes me incredibly happy. Here is a detailed look at what Flickr Stats has to offer on the day it launched....
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Dec. 5, 2007 at 8:33am by Barry Schwartz
Flickr Adds Picnik Web Based Image Editing Features
The Flickr Blog announced that the integration of the expected Online Photo Editing software from Picnik is now complete. Meaning, you can now edit your Flickr photos directly on the web with a click of a button. Personally, I am very excited about this feature and hope to utilize it...
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Nov. 20, 2007 at 9:30am by Greg Sterling
Flickr Adds Places, Redesigns Map Explorer
Flickr, which previously offered users the ability to search for photos by location or see photos clustered and arrayed on a map, is going further down this path. The company is revamping Flickr’s map explorer and introducing a new service called "Places." Places are pages dedicated to, well, specific places...
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Nov. 14, 2007 at 8:45am by Barry Schwartz
Flickr's Two Billionth Picture
See the image above? You are looking at the two-billionth picture uploaded to Flickr. It was taken at Market City in Chinatown Haymarket in Sydney. Holy moly! from the Flickr blog confirms that this picture, is indeed, the two-billionth image uploaded to Flickr. It is a picture of a...
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Oct. 22, 2007 at 8:34am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo's Flickr to Add Online Photo Editing from Picnik
Flickr To Add Online Photo Editing Tools Via Picnik from TechCrunch reports that Flickr, Yahoo's popular photo sharing solution, has reached a deal with Picnik to allow users to easily edit their photos online. The new photo editing features are expected to be launched in the "next few months," reports...
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Oct. 20, 2007 at 3:19pm by Vanessa Fox
Flickr Wants To Show You The World Through Pictures
At Web 2.0 Summit this week, Flickr previewed a feature that will provide a new way to browse photos based on geographic location. They are making over their map explorer and introducing new Places Pages that will make it easier to see what's going on around the world through pictures....
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Oct. 2, 2007 at 9:48am by Barry Schwartz
Flickr Testing Ad Placements?
I spotted an image that Herr Herrner from Germany uploaded that shows Flickr is testing ad placements on their site. Here is an ad he spotted directly under the search box. I personally do not see any ads on Flickr at the moment....
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Jul. 10, 2007 at 2:17pm by Barry Schwartz
Flickr Now Second Most Popular Photo Site
LeeAnn Prescott of Hitwise posted data showing that Flickr has surged to the number two photo site spot, controlling over 6% of the market share in the US. Photobucket still leads the pack with a comfortable 43.5% share. But in the past four weeks, Flickr's traffic grew 38%....
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Jun. 21, 2007 at 7:26am by Phil Bradley
The Users Are Revolting At Flickr & Elsewhere
Flickr has recently introduced content filters, allowing users more control over what images they view, and to ensure that they don't get nasty surprises by accidently viewing some of the more adult images that are hosted. However, while this is a useful option, the option of turning it off has...
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May. 9, 2007 at 9:18am by Greg Sterling
Yahoo Travel Adds Personalization, New Maps
Yahoo Travel has redesigned and added a range of features, including personalization and new mapping tools to the site. It's also seeking to more deeply integrate travel properties FareChase (its fares and rates "meta search" engine) and Trip Planner (its user-generated content site) into Travel. Flickr is also well represented...
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May. 4, 2007 at 7:51am by Danny Sullivan
Goodbye Yahoo Photos; Yahoo Loves Flickr More
TechCrunch and USA Today have news that Yahoo is to close its popular Yahoo Photos service completely in the coming months, telling people to either switch to Flickr or leave to a number of other competing photo sharing services. From USA Today: Yahoo has said that it kept both...
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Apr. 30, 2007 at 8:36am by Greg Sterling
Yahoo Launches 'Be A Better' Ad Campaign
Yahoo is initiating an ambitious new -- and expensive -- brand advertising campaign titled "Be a Better . . ." The campaign will feature distribution across multiple ad media: TV, print, radio, online and cinema. It will focus especially on Yahoo mobile oneSearch and Yahoo Answers but also showcase other...
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Feb. 27, 2007 at 4:43pm by Greg Sterling
Happy Birthday, Flickr: Web 2.0 Pioneer Turns Three
On March 3rd, Flickr turns three. Flickr is in many ways the company that helped define "Web 2.0" and was its poster child for quite some time. And Yahoo's acquisition of Flickr, in March, 2005, after only a year in existence and, even then, a longish courtship was one of...
