Yahoo Photos Going Bye Bye In September

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by Karen May Jones, Jun 27, 2007.

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    I got an email today from Yahoo telling me to find a new place to put my photos. I have hundreds of files stored with them over the last eight years. They said I have until September to make my decision on what to do with the photos. They listed Photobucket, Flickr, etc as options. This is going to be a task and a half for me!

    I've got a couple of accounts with them and full of photos.

    What are you going to do with your Yahoo Albums?

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    Guess I better get started with the Flickr thing. Is it markable as private like yahoo albums?
     
    Karen May Jones, Jun 27, 2007 IP
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    Endurer Well-Known Member

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    I received this email from Yahoo:

    So, is this correct? If it is, do you think it's a good decision?
     
    Endurer, Jun 28, 2007 IP
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    i don't think it's a good decision. why to end an working thing ? they should continue running it without any promotion or less, as google is doing with google videos.
     
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    I agree. somewhat poor business move, but it might be wise infrastructure wise. Oh well, good thing I don't use yahoo photos! heh
     
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    I didnt got any message i have photos with my accounts but why are they closing it. It was so easy to have photos on yahoo we will really miss it . hope there is any good service like yahoo photos to have our memories stored.
     
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    it's because they bought Flickr and they're putting more emphasis on using Flickr because it's already built up and people trust it more. There are tools out there to automatically export your images from Yahoo Photo Albums to Flickr. If you have a Yahoo ID, you have a Flickr account (just enable it and set it up - login with your Y!ID and your good to go)
     
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    There was an option to download your photos onto your hard drive. And I wasn't there one where they can mail you a disk with your photos? I read about that one somewhere...
     
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    Yeah, it doesn't make any sense to me either. Yahoo! Photos wasn't doing bad apparently and many people were using it. Lets see what more Mr. Yang has to offer in the future.
     
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    I use FlickR. I was also thinking of figuring a way to market via Flickr. Any ideas anyone?
     
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