It's been a long time coming, but Flickr content can finally be embedded in other sites

Dec 20, 2013 09:33 GMT  ·  By

Yahoo seems to have started listening to users. After months of complaints, Flickr finally has a way to embed images, while Yahoo Mail has just received tabs again.

The new Flickr embeddable pictures have been a long time coming, but it might finally have gotten it right. When embedding images and videos to various websites, blogs or articles, these will be displayed with the full title and Flickr name.

“Attribution has always been important to us, so embeds automatically add those details. Also, we keep track of views of embedded photos and videos from external sites in Flickr stats so you get a sense for how popular your photos really are,” Flickr’s Daniel Eiba wrote in a blog post.

Furthermore, it’s only possible to embed content that has been publicly shared, which means that anything you have set to private or shared with only a few people stays private.

Another cool feature that came with the update is the ability to enable people to browse through an entire collection of pictures if you embed an image that is part of a set, photostream or group.

“Because Flickr is dedicated to high-quality, full-resolution images, we are also offering a magnificent full-screen viewing experience for the photos on your site. We’ll never compress or resize your images,” Daniel Eiba wrote.

So, the entire process is quite simple. When you go on the new Flickr photo page, click the share button, go to < />, pick the embed size you want and copy the code.

The company has recently implemented a bunch of changes. Earlier this year, Yahoo completely redesigned the site and offered a lot more free space for users. Then, back in October, Flickr’s photo pages also received an update to include metadata and comments in a sidebar.

More transformations are certainly on the way, especially after Yahoo bought LookFlow, a company specialized in image recognition.