Comments on: Move Over Getty Images, the Flickr Train’s Heading Right at You http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/move-over-getty-images-the-flickr-trains-heading-right-at-you.html Bringing You Media News, Marketing Views, Celebrity Culture & Political Spin Since February 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:49:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Levin http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/move-over-getty-images-the-flickr-trains-heading-right-at-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-291 Mike Levin Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=342#comment-291 Definitely check out <a HREF="http://www.fotolia.com/" REL="nofollow">Fotolia</a>. It's worth the visit. Not only is it a great Web 2.0 business idea, but it's full of cool Web 2.0 features, like Ajax responsiveness and subscribing to RSS feeds of image keywords. <br/><br/>By the way, I love the idea of the Long Tail of search as applied to the photography marketplace. It draws a picture of citizen photographers filling in all the nooks and crannies left empty by today's photo stock collection. Imagine posting requests for such-and-such images, and the photographers of the world competing for your business. Definitely check out Fotolia. It’s worth the visit. Not only is it a great Web 2.0 business idea, but it’s full of cool Web 2.0 features, like Ajax responsiveness and subscribing to RSS feeds of image keywords.

By the way, I love the idea of the Long Tail of search as applied to the photography marketplace. It draws a picture of citizen photographers filling in all the nooks and crannies left empty by today’s photo stock collection. Imagine posting requests for such-and-such images, and the photographers of the world competing for your business.

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