●Yahoo!のFlickr買収関連記事

＃ある朝、いきなり、溜まっていたBloglinesのFlickr関連。
それほど、Flickrに注目が集まっているということでしょうねえ。

下記は、Yahoo!がFlickrを買収した際の記事で、目についたもの。

Forbes.com: Yahoo!'s Buy Of Photo Web Site 'Makes Strategic Sense'

The research firm said Yahoo's purchase of Flickr has been discussed for some time, with one report speculating the deal is worth approximately $50 million. S&P Equity Research reiterated a "buy" rating on Google.

PaidContent.org: March 20, 2005 Archives

Yahoo acquires Flickr: Corante > Get Real >

Word is that Flickr will stay on the same track, with some additions such as Yahoo ID login; Yahoo Photos will also be “Flickrized.” From the official release:

John Battelle's Searchblog: Oh, And Flickr Goes to Yahoo..

We feel this deal will benefit the Flickr community by aligning the great resources of Yahoo!, a more robust infrastructure, broader reach of consumers and big company resources and the cool, innovative technology and features that Flickr has to offer

Scoble I wish Flickr were coming to Redmond

How can we work together to bring tagging to everything? How can we build tagging systems that are gonna be adverse to spam attacks? Let's continue the conversation that Flickr started!

PaidContent.org: March 20, 2005 Archives

Flickr will remain a standalone site for now but that its staff will relocate from Vancouver, BC, to Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale.

Silicon Valley Watcher: [News Analysis] Yahoo Gets Flickerized

Flickr will certainly be integrated into Yahoo 360, the new personal publishing portal that Yahoo will roll out in an invitation-only beta on March 29. Yahoo insiders tell us exactly how this will happen and how the site will integrate Flickr and Yahoo Photos is still being worked out.

Yahoo! vs Google Race Heats Up As Yahoo! Enters "Social Software" Space (LinuxWorld)

Yahoo's existing products such as instant messenger, photos, local search, music, and groups with new offerings such as blogs, mobile blogs and sharing tools for recommending movies, restaurants and other items.

:: Welcome to Kashar News ::

he service is designed to enable Yahoo's 165 million registered users to pull content from the Web site's discussion groups, online photo albums and review section to plug into their own Web logs, or blogs, the Internet shorthand used to describe online personal journals.

Macworld: News: Yahoo acquires Flickr photo sharing service

Yahoo's existing photos hosting and sharing service, Yahoo Photos, will gain features from Flickr and the two services will remain separate "for the foreseeable future."

I'll take a cue from Charlene Li and state that if you're a PR blogger and you're interested in taking a peek at Yahoo! 360 later this month, leave a comment here and I'll do my best to invite you in.

� Flickr Photo Sharing Service Acquired by Yahoo - Search Engine Journal

LAist: Yahoo! buys Flickr

Just kidding with you, flickr, we still love you. Now that you're in the money, though, can you loan us a couple dollars for a new camera?

Yahoo Smiles Big For Flickr

The New York Times > CNET > Technology > Yahoo buys photo-sharing site Flickr

Microsoft in December added a blog product for its MSN Web service, called MSN Spaces. Google, meanwhile, owns Web log service Blogger and social networking site Orkut.

MIT's Magazine of Innovation

Flickr’s management emphasized that “We’re going to stay true to our vision and to the people who made us what we are-- that’s you, the Flickr pioneers.“

USATODAY.com - Yahoo purchasing photo company Flickr

Social networking sites strive to connect strangers based on common interests or careers. They generally require users to register and provide personal data such as what they like to do in their spare time, where they live, where they hang out, what they do for a living, where they went to college, or what type of movies or music they enjoy.

RED HERRING | TechSpin: Yahoo buying Flickr

KESQ NewsChannel 3 Palm Springs, CA: Yahoo buys photo company to expand "social networking" services

ABC News: Yahoo to Buy Photo-Sharing Site Flickr

Rivals such as Microsoft Inc.'s MSN.com and Google have already become involved in offering blogging services to users. Search engine Ask Jeeves Inc., which announced Monday it agreed to be acquired by Barry Diller's IAC/InteractiveCorp. for $1.85 billion, also offers similar services.

A spokesman for Yahoo did not immediately return telephone calls. Shares of Yahoo rose 9 cents to $31.20 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq.

NewsFactor Network - - Yahoo Grabs Photo-Sharing Firm Flickr

"Flickr has a strong, active online audience and innovative technology such as tagging and mobile blogging capabilities that will help us develop next-generation Web services for our customers," Yahoo spokesperson Joanna Stevens told CIO Today.

� Future of Yahoo and Flickr - Search Engine Journal

“I’m happy for the Flickr folk, but feel the same as some others about the possibility of forced logins instead of photos being public as they are now. And yes, ads, too.”

Yahoo! Gets Fat [Fool.com: Motley Fool Take] March 23, 2005

Though Flickr may have been a more lucrative catch for a company like HP or Ofoto parent Kodak (NYSE: EK), it is the viral nature of digital photography and Flickr's uncanny personality that makes this a great catch for Yahoo! as it continues to widen its online wingspan.

ABC News: Yahoo Buying Photo-Sharing Service Flickr

The Beaufort Gazette: Yahoo buying photo-sharing service Flickr

Flickr's whimsical categories make it quirkier than traditional online photo sites such as Snapfish or Kodak's Ofoto.com, which allow members to catalog and share photos.

Tagging Not Likely The Killer Solution For Search

Now Yahoo's bought Flickr, which makes use of tagging has part of its photo organizing. Yahoo's game of photo tag from News.com is a nice look at whether a community of taggers will help make Yahoo somehow more competitive against Google, which steadfastly hasn't seen value in tags:

NewsFactor Network - E-Commerce - Yahoo Buys Flickr To Boost Social Networking

MediaPost Publications Home of MediaDailyNews, MEDIA and OMMA Magazines

WFMY News 2 Greensboro, NC - Technology News

The site includes more than 5.5 million photos but does not disclose how many people have subscribed to the service.

Fake said all 11 people working in the company will relocate to Sunnyvale, a move expected to take place after version 1.0 is completed in a couple of months. Fake said Flickr will remain as a stand alone product "in the foreseeable future."

The Globe and Mail: Vancouver couple's Net photo service in Yahoo's picture

Yahoo said it plans to begin incorporating Flickr's technology into numerous areas of its own site once the firm releases the next version of its photo software later this year

Yahoo buys uniquely social photo-sharing service - 03/22/05

Flickr emphasizes photo sharing more than Google's free Picasa software, which sorts and edits photos stored on your hard disk.

NewsFactor Network - Tech Trends - Yahoo Snaps Up Photo-Sharing Firm Flickr

The acquisition is a smart move, according to Gartner analyst Allen Weiner, as Yahoo is adding a communications platform for users who want to share content with a broad audience. "When it comes to sharing, photos are the most popular among people of all ages and backgrounds," he pointed out.

The Flickr service is easy to use and lets people manipulate images, as well as post them on blogs, observed Weiner.

TechWeb | Yahoo Buys Flickr | Yahoo Buys Photo-Sharing Site Flickr

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