Comments on: Flickr Axing Business Use of Photos for SEO

By: islamicnet

islamicnet — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:46:13 +0000

This is nice post.You have done brilliant peace of work.But there should be option to downland the pictures.Thanks for Google statistics updates.

By: islamicnet

islamicnet — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:46:13 +0000

This is nice post.You have done brilliant peace of work.But there should be option to downland the pictures.Thanks for Google statistics updates.

By: alexm666

alexm666 — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:05:59 +0000

Well, there are lots of people selling actions, textures and the like on Flickr. Granted, you must go to another site to make the purchase but they are clearly using Flickr to show off the results of their products, and to make the sales pitch.

I do believe they still allow these kinds of links, as my digital infrared photography program is linked in Flickr and I have had no complaints.

But I guess they can change their minds at any time :-)

By: Wynne

Wynne — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:52:50 +0000

Sounds like a good compromise to a pressing problem.

By: STD Pictures

STD Pictures — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:17:54 +0000

good information about Flickr, so webmasters do not waste their time with that service and find hours wasted by a deleted account. Thank you.

By: prem

prem — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:23:03 +0000

Flickr upload as such doesn’t help u with seo.. thinking that u put links in ur description.. coz they spoil the tags with rel=nofollow..a sureshot way to throw away their customers

By: Scott Jacob

Scott Jacob — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:44:04 +0000

Comments from one of us scamming SEO’s… I have been advising clients for a long time to use Flickr to store images. We even install Flickr photo galleries on their websites and the Flickr WP plugins just for ease of use. Of course they have nofollowed long ago, but the images themselves get indexed nicely and Yahoo has made all the tools to make “sharing” easy.

If anyone from Yahoo! happens by this post, I would like to tell them I will do my best to back out the commercial interests I have spread – BUT I would much rather have the ability to purchase a commercial account – maybe in the $300/yr range like the directory – high enough to keep the quick-buck guys out. Just my $0.02 worth.

By: Tomas Busse

Tomas Busse — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:39:35 +0000

Hi Seo People and keen flickr enthusiasts. I have opened a premium account in flickr and paid. I thought I had purchased it so I can promote my business it appears that I am wrong and the question is should I remove all links to my business website? Would appreciate your comments. Unforunately I don’t have huge advertising budget and cant afford to buy the “spam” offered by google called adword.

By: Drew Miller

Drew Miller — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:58:20 +0000

Funny that they shun the business model so vehemently. It seems that businesses would gladly go the paid route as Ryan mentioned, and perhaps branch off the business in a new direction.

When social media platforms try to handcuff certain aspects of their business (see recent Facebook fiasco) it pisses off those who help make it what it is.

Are there any good alternatives to Flickr for businesses?

By: Ryan Guerra

Ryan Guerra — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:43:02 +0000

It is sad to think that flickr needs these businesses. If a businesses sees this as a revenue stream then they might be willing to pay for a premium account. Isn’t this just part of doing business too.

I read about how Flickr and YouTube are loosing millions of dollars each quarter. Probably, because of their free accounts instead of paid accounts.

Businesses might find it worthwhile to pay a premium for certain benefits that regular accounts are not willing to pay.