Use Flickr & Appear on Google Image Search Engine!

Flickr is one of the widely used Photo Sharing Website around the World

In order to appear on Google Image Search, it’s not necessary that you must be a celebrity! With Flickr Account you can be on Google Image Search very soon! This post tells you some very easy Search Engine Optimization Techniques for your Flickr Account.

Creating a Flickr Account is absolutely Free! You can use your existing Yahoo! Login ID for Logging In into Flickr. Flickr Free Account have got some limitations, while Flickr Pro Account have almost no limitations. No matter whether you use a Free Account or Pro Account, this post will be applicable for both.

First of all Signup for Flickr using this LINK. Already registered users of Flickr can use this LINK. Sign In using your existing Yahoo! ID.

Now follow these 2 Simple Steps for Optimizing your Flickr Accounts and Photos for Google (I will try to clear these with the help of examples from mine own Flickr Account):

1. Choosing Flickr Screen Name and Photo stream URL Efficiently

If you are Newly Singing Up for Flickr, as soon as you login with your existing Yahoo! ID, the immediate next page will ask you to Enter your Flickr Screen Name:

Here Choose your Screen Name wisely. I chose Mrinmay Bhattacharjee mrintech as my Flickr Screen Name, so that when anyone Searches for Mrinmay Bhattacharjee or mrintech in Google, he/she  gets result of my Flickr Photo Stream as well.

Existing Flickr Users can change their Screen Name Again from Flickr Account Options

Now coming to Photo Stream URL, I chose /mrintech-mrinmay-bhattacharjee/ as my Photo Stream URL. Now Whenever someone searches for Mrinmay or Bhattacharjee or mrintech or Mrinmay Bhattacharjee, Google displays my Flickr Photo Stream in which above terms are present in the URL:

New Flickr Users can Click Personalize My Profile present in their Homepage as soon as they login into their New Flickr Account:

Now after creating your Flickr Buddy Account (Step No. 1), choose your Flickr Photo Stream URL and confirm it if you are satisfied; Also Once set it will become Permanent:

Existing Flickr users CAN’T change their Photo Stream URL again as once set it is permanent. But No need to worry, Read On…

2. Entering Photo Name, Description,Tags and Setting Privacy Options for Photos Efficiently

When you are going to Upload Photos to your Flickr Account, it will ask you to set Privacy for your Photos:

Make sure you DON’T Check Mark Hide these Items from Public Searches (for those Photos which you want to appear in Google Search Results as well as on Google Image Search) and also make these Images Public (Available to Anyone for viewing)

Click Upload Photos and Videos, as soon as the Upload Process is done Flickr will ask you to Enter Descriptions for your Images:

Click Add Description and Following Interface will open up for you:

Now Wisely Add Title, Description and Tags for each and every Photo, as Google will consider these for Crawling your Photos and hence displaying Search Results/Image Results. Here especially the Tags plays a very vital role, as they acts as Keywords for your Flickr Photos.

Flickr has got lots of other features for your Photos, you can read more about Features Of Flickr right here

Important

1. Google Web Results for your Photos will be available as soon as Google Bots Crawls your Flickr Photo Stream, but it will take some days or even 1-2 Months to get appear on Google Image Search!
2. Web as well as Image Results are completely dependent on your Flickr Photo Stream URL, Screen Name, Title of your Photos, Description of your Photos and Tags of your Photos.
3. Since Yahoo! owns Flickr, your Images will be available on Yahoo! Image Search too!
4. The reason why your Photo Results appears fastly on Google is due to High PageRank of Flickr.com. My Photos starts appearing on Google Image Search after 18-20 Days, see yourself Google Image Search Results here
5. You can’t control the dimensions of Image Results appearing on Image Search Engines at all.
   

Enjoy Your Photos on Google Image Search!

Also See: Convert Small Images into Poster Size Images

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