Yahoo! Photos closing down… 0
Today Yahoo Inc. announced plans to shut down its first-generation photo storage site, and asking users to move instead to Yahoo’s Web 2.0 photo sharing site, Flickr.
In June, tens of millions of registered users of Yahoo Photos will be notified of various options including upgrading to Yahoo’s Flickr service or various outside-photo storage sites, according to Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield.
Yahoo also will offer consumers the option of loading their photos on competing sites when users are notified next month.
It looks like I made a wise decision last year when I signed up for Smugmug. I’ve been quite pleased with their service, especially the development APIs that they provide, which allow me to store my photos on their servers and display them here. Speaking of that, if you check out Smugmug and decide to signup, use my referral code “pBt8s5vShDiTg” to save yourself $5.