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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Tue/yahooimage.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Tue/yahooimage.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7c1d080..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Tue/yahooimage.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -Yahoo has integrated Flickr images into Yahoo Image Search via the live photostream feeds that Flickr utilizes. This means that image results returned by Yahoo Image Search happen in realtime. - -Rather than indexing Flickr content, Yahoo has leveraged Flickr's existing features to provide not just image results but links to Flickr users photostreams along with the live results. - -Although Flickr has been integrated with Yahoo's main search to provide thumbnails for popular landmarks and more, this if the first time Yahoo has done a large scale integration of Flickr images into its search properties. - -It also give Yahoo Images an advantage over Google's competing service since, while Google is indexing images from Flickr, Yahoo has live results via the feed. With Flickr users uploading around 1 million files a day, that's a pretty healthy gain for Yahoo Image Search. - -Additionally, as Search Engine Journal [points out][2], Flickr users frequently delete images which makes Google's indexing somewhat less reliable than the live photostream search. - -Yahoo has also added the ability to search by Flickr User ID in the Yahoo Image Search Box if you're looking to find a specific person's photos. - -Also note that the Flickr images now in Yahoo Image results are limited to those marked as "Safe". - - -[1]: http://images.search.yahoo.com/images "Yahoo Image Search" -[2]: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/flickr-photos-integrated-into-yahoo-image-search/5182/
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