Articles about Flickr

Google on Thursday rolled out a new version of its Picasa Web Albums service, which enables users to upload their photos free of charge. While the service previously focused on private use, the update brings new community features like those offered by Yahoo's Flickr.

A search function now enables users to search for and browse photos from any public photo album. In addition, photos can be more easily linked within e-mails, IMs and Web sites. Storage space has also been increased for users of the free service, who can now upload up to 1GB worth of photos. Those needing more space can pay an annual fee for up to 250GB.

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Flickr owner Yahoo has decided to phase out the separate login for the popular photo sharing site, instead opting to use its own system. While the search engine says the change is intended to make it easier for Yahoo to integrate Flickr into other services, some diehard users just aren't having it.

Yahoo further justifies its decision by mentioning the fact that only one out of every 20 users still uses a non-Yahoo ID. The company originally intended to support both authentication options when it acquired Flickr in March 2005, but changed that policy later in the year.

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Yahoo said Thursday that it had begun to integrate Flickr photos into its search result pages, allowing users to search through Flickr's vast collection of user-submitted pictures. While the service is currently limited to a select number of keywords, Yahoo plans to expand the program in the future.

A search for "interesting photos" turns up results of images ranging from artistic photography to extreme close-ups of flora and fauna, while a search for "funny photos" would bring up images that the Flickr community has tagged as having a humorous slant.

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Just days after announcing its plans to launch a blog service called 360, Yahoo confirmed it has purchased online photo sharing site Flickr. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Flickr will be integrated into the Yahoo Network, and many of its features brought to Yahoo Photos.

Flickr, currently in beta, allows users to upload their digital photos and place comments and tags within pictures, which become "Flickrized." The service is also tightly integrated with the so-called blogosphere, enabling users to easily post their Flickrized photos onto Web logs.

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