Yahoo Photos
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Photo sharing |
| Founded | March 28, 2000 |
| Defunct | September 20, 2007 |
| Fate | Discontinued after acquisition of Flickr |
| Parent | Yahoo! |
Yahoo! Photos was a photo sharing platform introduced on March 28, 2000, operated by Yahoo! and designed primarily for Yahoo! account holders. It enabled users to assemble personalized photo albums, organize images into categories, and manage album visibility by setting them as public, private, or disabled.
The platform provided unlimited storage capacity but restricted uploads to jpeg/jpg format only. Yahoo supplied an uploader application that facilitated straightforward drag-and-drop transfers of photos onto the service. Following Yahoo!'s acquisition of Flickr in March 2005, Yahoo! Photos was discontinued on September 20, 2007.
Shutdown
Yahoo! declared on June 16, 2007, that Yahoo! Photos would cease operations as of September 20, 2007, to concentrate efforts on developing Flickr.
Users were given options to transfer their photo collections to alternative platforms.
Additionally, third-party developers released utilities to assist in migrating photos from Yahoo! Photos:
- Download Hi Resolution Yahoo! Photos by Rohit Sud
- Download Yahoo! Photos by Kent Brewster
- Photos Grabber by Yandao.com
History
- March 2000: Launch of Yahoo! Photos.
- March 29, 2005: Acquisition of Flickr, a community-centered photo-sharing website.
- January 14, 2007: Introduction of new capabilities in Yahoo! Photos, including complimentary full-resolution downloads through partnerships with ISPs.
- May 3, 2007: Announcement of the impending shutdown of Yahoo! Photos; users were encouraged to move their images to Flickr or alternative services such as Multiply, Shutterfly, Kodak Gallery, Snapfish, or Photobucket via a one-click migration feature.
- June 2007: Suspension of new account registrations and photo uploads on Yahoo! Photos.
- September 20, 2007: Official termination of Yahoo! Photos service (with later closure dates for India on October 18 and Australia on October 19), allowing users automatic photo transfers to selected providers.
- October 18–19, 2007: Final discontinuation in India and Australia; all user accounts and photos were permanently removed.