Squidoo Traffic Tips: Flickr Photos
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What Is Flickr?
Flickr is an image hosting - and now video hosting - website and online community that was purchased by Yahoo! in early 2005 for $35 million and is now valued by some commentators at over $3.5 billion.
Why has its value appreciated at such an incredible rate?
Well, at time of writing, Flickr hosts over 4 billion images and with the astonishing loyalty that social network users have for paradigm-shifting sites (e.g. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc.), it's likely to house many more billions of images, at least, over the next few years. Simply put, Flickr is the world's digital photo album!
Why has its value appreciated at such an incredible rate?
Well, at time of writing, Flickr hosts over 4 billion images and with the astonishing loyalty that social network users have for paradigm-shifting sites (e.g. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc.), it's likely to house many more billions of images, at least, over the next few years. Simply put, Flickr is the world's digital photo album!
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How Can Using Photos From Flickr Benefit Squidoo Lensmasters?
While Flickr's 4 billion photo images (and counting) is a whole lotta snaps - much of which you can view (a significant percentage of the PRO accounts are set to PRIVATE access) - you won't necessarily be able to use all of them for your Squidoo lens building efforts. You can only gain rights to those with a Creative Commons license.N.B.: Kimberly Dawn Wells from Squidoo Management goes into considerable detail about what Creative Commons images are and how you can use them.
However, once you go to the relevant area, there are numerous shots in virtually every category that you can think of which you are permitted to use.
Many are - as you might expect - just run of the mill but others are quite extraordinary and from my perspective, look very impressive.
A Selection Of Photos From Flickr That I've Selected For My Squidoo Lenses
curated content from Flickr
How Do I Get Access To Flickr's Creative Commons Images?
The answer to that question is simple. Just head over to the Flickr Creative Commons area and start searching!
Then, when you find an image that you like, download it to your computer and upload it to your Squidoo lens workshop, remembering to provide relevant accreditation to the owners of the images in the fields of your Squidoo lens modules.
N.B.: The Squidoo lens building software presently enables you to upload a new image to your modules but won't let you change the info in the fields.If this is the case, you may have to delete the module and then input the new info into the fields.
Then, when you find an image that you like, download it to your computer and upload it to your Squidoo lens workshop, remembering to provide relevant accreditation to the owners of the images in the fields of your Squidoo lens modules.
N.B.: The Squidoo lens building software presently enables you to upload a new image to your modules but won't let you change the info in the fields.If this is the case, you may have to delete the module and then input the new info into the fields.
Flickr Explained
There are genuine benefits for Squidoo lensmasters in becoming a Flickr member, a process that is quick, painless, very easy and FREE.
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2 Ways To Generate Squidoo Traffic Using Flickr!
There are two ways that Squidoo members who also belong to Flickr can generate traffic to their Squidoo lenses.- Using Your Own Photos & Images Upload your own photos, using your own Flickr link in the relevant field of the Squidoo lens building module
- Using Other Flickr Members' Photos & Images When you do so, add a courtesy comment - with your Squidoo lens link - on their Flickr photo's page. Often, Flickr members (and their pager visitors) will read your comment and investigate how the image is being used.
A Selection From Amazon About Flickr & Digital Photography
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How Do You Use Flickr For Squidoo?
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javrsmith
Dec 22, 2010 @ 9:59 am | delete
- I have used the site but I'll use it a lot more now. Thanks.
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the777group
Jan 6, 2012 @ 1:00 pm | delete
- Flickr is brilliant for us on Squidoo.
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Betsi_Goutal
Oct 5, 2010 @ 5:10 pm | delete
- Interesting stuff! I must admit though, I've noticed you use the notation "N.B." in many of your lenses, but I confess I don't know what it stands for. :/
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the777group
Oct 5, 2010 @ 5:36 pm | delete
- Isn't it funny how different cultures assume other cultures will understand what they're saying / writing?
"N.B." is Latin for "Note Bene", meaning, literally, "note well" or colloquially, "please take note".
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Jerry_David
Aug 10, 2010 @ 9:32 pm | delete
- let the internet pick photos from flickr and ask the permission of the photo owner by providing my lens link in the comment.
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WindyWinters
Aug 10, 2010 @ 2:58 pm | delete
- I upload the photos I've used on my lenses to Flickr and put a link back to my lens. :)
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paperfacets
Jul 30, 2010 @ 5:51 pm | delete
- Yep. I always put my lens link on my photo in flickr.
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Pastiche
Jul 29, 2010 @ 3:48 pm | delete
- Works for me ...
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DessertLover
Jul 29, 2010 @ 2:52 pm | delete
- Great post - I hadn't really thought of that.
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Tipi
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- Sounds good to me, may have to try these tips.
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“International uh-oh!
Too late to rename!
In Dutch, Flickr (flikker) means homosexual.”
What Blogs Around The World Are Saying About Flickr
- Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake rolls out Pinwheel
- by Paul Sloan February 16, 2012 6:21 PM PST Follow @paulsloan The co-founder of Flickr and Hunch is out with her latest startup, called Pinwheel. Caterina Fake just launched it in private beta, and the site--and its name--at first glance seems similar ...
- Apple Mountain Lion Embraces Flickr and Vimeo Sharing
- Apple, which embraced Twitter in its iOS5 update last year, is expanding the palette of social sharing options with two new partners ? Flickr and Vimeo ? in the company's latest operating-system upgrade, Mountain Lion. Users of the OS upgrade, ...
- Chris Christie speaks. Gov Christie, via flickr
- By Josh Benson Could it be that what's good for the cause of same-sex marriage is also good for Chris Christie? The Democratic-held New Jersey State Senate yesterday passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a comfortable margin, ...
- Senate Rules: The Road To Kill The Ethics Bill?
- Photo Courtesy: Flickr The Senate Ethics reform package which would place a $100 gift cap on lobbyist gifts to legislators is now in the hands the Senate Rules Committee. But ethics watchdog groups say that's a way to stall, if not kill, ...
2007: A Year In The Life Of Flickr
From Compelling Design - 365 Days, 365 Photographers, A Year Of Flickr.
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The Latest News On Flickr
- Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake rolls out Pinwheel
- by Paul Sloan February 16, 2012 6:21 PM PST Follow @paulsloan The co-founder of Flickr and Hunch is out with her latest startup, called Pinwheel. Caterina Fake just launched it in private beta, and the site--and its name--at first glance seems similar ...
- Apple Mountain Lion Embraces Flickr and Vimeo Sharing
- Apple, which embraced Twitter in its iOS5 update last year, is expanding the palette of social sharing options with two new partners ? Flickr and Vimeo ? in the company's latest operating-system upgrade, Mountain Lion. Users of the OS upgrade, ...
- Chris Christie speaks. Gov Christie, via flickr
- By Josh Benson Could it be that what's good for the cause of same-sex marriage is also good for Chris Christie? The Democratic-held New Jersey State Senate yesterday passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a comfortable margin, ...
- Senate Rules: The Road To Kill The Ethics Bill?
- Photo Courtesy: Flickr The Senate Ethics reform package which would place a $100 gift cap on lobbyist gifts to legislators is now in the hands the Senate Rules Committee. But ethics watchdog groups say that's a way to stall, if not kill, ...
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