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Flickr Profile - What is Flickr?

By Daniel Nations, About.com

What is Flickr

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Flickr Profile:

Website: http://www.flickr.com/
Alexa Ranking: 39 (as of 5/7/08)
Description: a social photosharing website
Similar Websites: MyPhotoAlbum, Snapfish, YouTube

Flickr Features

  • Upload photos and share with friends
  • Rate and comment on photos
  • Create your own photo albums and custom postage stamps

What is Flickr?:

Flickr was launched in February of 2004 and is the world's most popular repository of images and photographs. Aquired by Yahoo in 2005, Flickr allows users to store up to 100MB of images per month for free and allows paid subscribers unlimited storage.

Flickr also allows paid members to store short videos no longer than 90 seconds in length and no larger than 150MB.

Why Should I Use Flickr?:

Flickr is a great website for hosting family photos, vacation photographs, weddings photos, or any image collection intended to be shared with friends or family.

Flickr is also a popular image repository among bloggers.

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