Image search isn't just for the Yahoo index anymore; images posted to the Flickr photo sharing service will now show up in searches on Yahoo.
black and white photographs from among all levels of photographers became a little more rewarding with Yahoo's announcement today. Lingxian Ding appearing on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection explained why it took time for Flickr to be integrated with Yahoo Search: "We had been holding off on adding Flickr photos to Yahoo! image search's index until we had the opt-out system built since not including photos from people (who) don't want them in there seems a lot more important than including images from people who do want them in there. In general, though it'd be good for Flickr (the business) if Flickr photos placed highly and were well-represented in the image search indexes, it often isn't what the people who use Flickr want. So, better to err on the side of caution." Flickr image contributors have not been universally pleased at being acquired by Yahoo. We have to wonder what will happen if those contributors decide to opt-out of Yahoo's search en masse. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.Yahoo Flickrs Photos Into Search
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