Flickr is quickly becoming a popular online marketing tool. It allows companies to market their products through a visually appealing medium. It can help you generate traffic to your website and ensure that your website ranks higher on the major search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing.
Flickr is owned by Yahoo and Yahoo continues to integrate Flickr photo content across its network.
According to Nielson/NetRatings, Flickr is currently the fastest-growing photo sharing site on the web, and the 5th most popular overall.
Business Advantages to using Flickr:
- Individual Flickr photos can get natural rankings for commercial terms (or keyword phrases) on Google, Yahoo & MSN.
- You can put direct links in the description area of your images to your web site.
- By using your company name or web address as your screen name, you can get indirect marketing exposure via Flickr. Your screen name will be attached to every photo you upload, every message you post in a Group discussion and everything you do on Flickr.
- You can also make your company logo your Flickr icon.
- You can upload photos of your products/services, and things related to your business, giving a name and description of each photo.
- Your competitors may already be using Flickr.
Tags: marketing, Social Networking, web design