In Review of Photo-Sharing Sites, Yahoo and Shutterfly top Flickr

monkey methods: In Review of Photo-Sharing Sites, Yahoo and Shutterfly top Flickr: "Interesting reviews of the top photo-sharing sites: HollandSentinel.com -Yahoo, Shutterfly tops for online photo sharing 01/16/05 via. The main discussion of Flickr consists of:

Flickr gets good marks for innovation.

Create a circle of friends from college, and any photo added by one can be automatically shared to all. Or make photos public and create groups on the fly -- for instance, bringing together people who've posted public photos tagged 'tsunami.'

Alas, all that innovation makes the service confusing to use. Power users with a lot of patience may enjoy giving Flickr a ride but my attention span is quite limited.

Pretty interesting comments, and I don't find them negative at all. Flickr is, at this point, driven by early adopters. That's why you see all the overwhelming buzz in the blogosphere talking about it, particularly fomented by their all-star board. Starting with this market of early adopters helps the Flickr team achieve early growth and develop an ecosystem of tools and knowledge.

The real test will be crossing the chasm and bringing general mainstream adoption... There, they will have to focus on embracing the needs of a particular mainstream audience, and develop something that gives them a strong foothold into the mainstream, non-geek market. Should be interesting to watch, especially if the geeks complain that Flickr is getting AOL'd :)"