Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Yahoo! Photos to Shut Down

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the flickred-out dept.

prostoalex writes "Yahoo has finally made a decision regarding Yahoo! Photos vs. Flickr battle, and will be shutting down Yahoo! Photos by the fall of this year. Even though Yahoo! Photos currently maintains a higher share of Internet visits, Flickr growth convinced the company to maintain a single photo site from now on. Says USA Today: 'Stewart Butterfield, who co-founded Flickr in 2004 with wife Caterina Fake, says the move is a "validation" of the central idea of Flickr: that photos in the digital age are very different from a physical print. "We saw it as a means of communication and connecting with people," says Butterfield, Flickr's general manager. "People can take a picture and get immediate feedback from all over the world, and you can't do that with a printed photo."'"

12 of 71 comments (clear)

  1. Was wondering by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was wondering how they were going to merge Yahoo photos with flickr, and was expecting and uglier merger. Throwing out Yahoo photos is a much nicer solution.

    1. Re:Was wondering by Ilgaz · · Score: 3, Funny

      They say (can't paste, text picture in gif!) that my photos will be automatically converted to flickr.

      Lets hope Flickr doesn't have "karma" thing, my precious(!) yahoo photos are generally funny looking stuff I got from mail attachments. :)

  2. But... by madbawa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...will I have to create yet another account for Flickr or will my Yahoo login work?

    1. Re:But... by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you collect your tears from when a giant corporation harms you, you can use them to bring a puppy back to life.

      --
      Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
  3. Wonder how much money Flickr makes. by nagarjun · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I have never seen any advertising on Flickr. Assuming even 5 million paid subscribers ("pro accounts") worldwide, that's only a little over $100 million/yr. Not a lot for a company of Yahoo's size.

    They have other revenue streams too of course, but I can't get help get the feeling that Flickr gets Yahoo! more good PR than money.

    1. Re:Wonder how much money Flickr makes. by Mwongozi · · Score: 3, Informative

      You must have a Pro account. Free accounts display ads.

  4. Photobucket 40% market share by lowem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From TFA, it's interesting to note that Photobucket has 40% market share, at least in terms of hits (as of Apr 2007). Even if you add up Yahoo Photos and Flickr, that's 10.2%.

    1. Re:Photobucket 40% market share by stunt_penguin · · Score: 4, Interesting

      To be honest, I'd go for quality over quantity. I don't mean to sound snotty, but flickr isn't a site where everyone just uploads their OMG funny!! GIF files and every crappy camera phone snap; it's more of a serious photographer's site, and as such doesn't have the same potential market as somewhere like photobucket.

      It does, however, redeem Yahoo! in the eyes of a lot of people, and for that, I suppose they should be grateful.

      --
      When the posters fear their moderators, there is tyranny; when the moderators fears the posters, there is liberty.
    2. Re:Photobucket 40% market share by stunt_penguin · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You haven't spent long actually using flickr, obviously.

      --
      When the posters fear their moderators, there is tyranny; when the moderators fears the posters, there is liberty.
  5. Re:Let's hope they'll get to keep Flickr then... by CrackedButter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh I fucking hope not. I use Yahoo for many things and if Microsoft buys them, I'd have to switch to Google or something more 3rd party. I also wouldn't want to turn the internet into a Google vs Microsoft landscape because that is what it is if Microsoft buys Yahoo! The internet is more interesting with Yahoo.

    --
    Jonathanjk.com
  6. Re:Let's hope they'll get to keep Flickr then... by kestasjk · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's a "Yahoo"? Is that like a "Fax" or "Cassette" or something?

    --
    // MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
  7. best is to shift to picasaweb! by freakxx · · Score: 4, Informative

    it offers 1 GB of total space and unlimited bandwidth...sufficient for an ordinary user....if needed more, create another picasaweb account and link one account with another using favorite feature of it...

    I used Flickr before but was annoyed much with their 20MB/month limit as 1280x1024 images were talking 600KB+....means, not more than 35 images a month...a big restriction...