Yahoo extends Flickr with video

[KingPin]

n a bid to broaden Flickr if not actually crush YouTube, Yahoo is adding videos to what has just been a photo-sharing site.

The change, which the company plans to launch publicly later Tuesday, is a modest but significant extension of Flickr's features. The videos, limited to 90 seconds and 150MB, will be shown as thumbnails alongside users' photos, and will inherit all the features of photos stored on the site: users can add comments, captions, comments, geotags, and privacy restrictions so only friends or family may view the videos, the company said.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9914495-7.html

This could be interesting but I think maybe they have left it to late for this, especially with the popularity of YouTube.

KP

[yummytork]

I think they should just make another channel for video uploads, not package it with Flickr. Flickr is for photos, the videos will just confuse people.

[rick22]

Yea you are rite tork , they should make a new section of uploading videos.....

[mit]

Yahoo wants to get more data for its Video Search, I think...

[pinoguin]

that sounds interesting, competition is always welcome

[hasan_889]

Question is - can flickr take off youtube from their position?