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September 19, 2007

Flickr and Explorer Bar Expand in Image Search

Building on our initial announcement of Flickr's integration into Yahoo! Image Search earlier this summer, we've now expanded the integration to the countries, regions and languages listed below. You can now access many Flickr images when doing your Yahoo! Image Search from the following countries:

    Asia, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada , Cade (Brazil), Canada (in French), Swiss, Swiss (in French), Swiss (in Italian), Catalan, Germany, Denmark, Espanola, Spain, France, Indonesia, Indonesia (English), India, Italy, Malaysia, Malaysia (English), Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Sweden, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom & Ireland, Vietnam, New Zealand, Philippines (Tagalog), Mexico, and Japan.

With this launch, Flickr metadata like title, tags and comments can be used to surface Flickr results on Yahoo! Image Search results pages, making many of the millions of photographs from the Flickr community available to Yahoo! Image Search users. For example, type in 'Tower Bridge' and the ranking algorithm looks at metadata from the images and determines the rank order for the results.

Of course, these are photos marked public by Flickr users; we're not showing photos marked as private.

With this expanded integration, users can further discover and explore the world of images. Here's a snapshot of Flickr images surfacing on the Yahoo! Image Search results page for 'Tower Bridge':


Flickr UK Search 2.JPG


In addition to the internationally expanded Flickr/ Yahoo! Image Search integration, we've rolled out a new feature called Explorer Bar to enhance the Yahoo! Image Search experience. We introduced the Explorer Bar for searchers who want to discover more by looking at what other users are searching for. Today we have it for entertainment and location-related content, and we plan to expand to other categories in the future.

For example if you search for 'Harry Potter', you find images of him as well as an Explorer Bar showing you a preview of images of other characters you might want to search for.

The same goes for cities. If you're planning a trip to 'London' and would like to check out some pictures, the Explorer Bar also shows you other interesting places that might strike your fancy.

So the next time you're looking for an image, check out the new features on Yahoo! Image Search and let us know what you think!


Deepali Tamhane
Product Manager, Yahoo! Multimedia Search

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Comments

Very nice update !

Yahoo! is walking on the real way to Web 2.0.

I'm trying to test Yahoo! Image ranking algorithm.

Posted by: Référencement | September 20, 2007 06:12 PM

Real nice! Good resources here, i found lots of interesting things here. Your web site is helpful. All the best!

Posted by: Marie | September 20, 2007 08:32 PM

Why you skip 'Yahoo Korea image search + Flickr Korea'?

Posted by: HaeYoung Kim | September 21, 2007 06:26 AM

Big improvements like this makes web users browse more on Yahoo. Thanks.

Posted by: Sterling Silver Bracelets | September 21, 2007 11:10 AM

I don't see China in the list. Am I missing something?

Posted by: The Dog Clothing & Dog Collar Company | September 21, 2007 06:28 PM

"Content Integration" is the next years challenge on the web, especially for search engines. This change is a major step in that direction and it will improve web experience for all of those who use Yahoo Services. Nice job, guys!

Posted by: Alexis Kauffmann | September 22, 2007 09:57 PM

Nice improvements, good job!

Posted by: Valhalla Productions | September 25, 2007 09:48 AM

Awesome new changes! I love it, it is really good :)

Posted by: RuneWorlds | September 25, 2007 09:49 AM

All right ! It's nice to publish username on search results. But, picture legend (size...) is absent !

Posted by: Seo Toolbar | September 25, 2007 06:47 PM

Um, Yahoo! Search has been broken nearly all day. Sometimes it says it's broke and to try again in a few mins, others it throws up massively incorrect results.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3391/ummdelawarehb0.jpg

Posted by: Matt Cox | September 26, 2007 06:18 AM

Nice feature. Is is possible to offer this as part of a Yahoo api?

Posted by: YogaNearby | September 27, 2007 02:40 AM

I have a flickr account where i submit my pics...
Its really helpful in uploading pics on blog and on sites...

Posted by: Integrated Product Development Group | October 3, 2007 01:03 PM

The New Flickr features are great!

Posted by: Chris LaBarbera | October 7, 2007 08:58 PM

Real nice! Good resources here, i found lots of interesting things here. Your web site is helpful. All the best!

Posted by: www.r10.net küresel ısınmaya hayır seo yarışması | November 24, 2007 05:42 AM

I don't see China in the list. Am I missing something?

Posted by: Dizi Özetleri | November 25, 2007 12:35 AM

thanks...

Posted by: youtube | December 18, 2007 08:05 AM

thanks

Posted by: berkay | December 18, 2007 03:52 PM

i really love it

Posted by: berkay | December 18, 2007 03:53 PM

From what I've seen Explorer Bar works like a suggestion (topic selection) at the bottom. I think it is a perfect addition to the interface and helps user to find right images. It clogs the screen a bit, but I think it is worth it.

Posted by: Girl that likes Barbie Dressup | December 19, 2007 07:33 AM

Although the picture should've been one with your hat off. Just to drive the point about the hair home.

Posted by: best videos | December 23, 2007 02:00 PM

All right ! It's nice to publish username on search results. But, picture legend (size...) is absent !

Posted by: image upload | December 23, 2007 02:03 PM

Real nice! Good resources here, i found lots of interesting things here. Your web site is helpful. All the best!

Posted by: msn ifadeleri | December 24, 2007 05:30 AM

From what I've seen Explorer Bar works like a suggestion (topic selection) at the bottom. I think it is a perfect addition to the interface and helps user to find right images. It clogs the screen a bit, but I think it is worth it.

Posted by: hayal bahçesi | December 24, 2007 05:32 AM

I have a flickr account where i submit my pics...
Its really helpful in uploading pics on blog and on sites...

Posted by: msn nickleri | December 24, 2007 05:35 AM

It's great that you have this in Thailand.

Posted by: Alec Bowden | February 15, 2008 03:56 AM

Nice feature. Is is possible to offer this as part of a Yahoo api?

Posted by: oyun | February 16, 2008 01:18 PM

Real nice! Good resources here, i found lots of interesting things here. Your web site is helpful. All the best!

Posted by: aşk mektupları | February 17, 2008 08:41 AM

Nice feature. Is is possible to offer this as part of a Yahoo api?

Posted by: bedava oyunlar | February 18, 2008 06:40 AM

Real nice! Good resources here, i found lots of interesting things here. Your web site is helpful. All the best!

Posted by: radyo dinle | February 24, 2008 03:01 PM

Um, Yahoo! Search has been broken nearly all day. Sometimes it says it's broke and to try again in a few mins, others it throws up massively incorrect results.

Posted by: dizi izle | February 24, 2008 06:38 PM