7 Totally Unique Flickr Search Tools
Sometimes it’s simply overwhelming how many gorgeous photos there are on Flickr - sifting through them to find a picture to use on your blog or to just admire can be a chore. Luckily for us however, Flickr has an API, meaning that some creative developers have built alternative Flickr search engines.
Whether you’re just looking for a more feature-rich version of Flickr search or want to perform search in a completely different way, these seven Flickr search tools will serve you in finding that perfect photo.
Do you have a favorite Flickr search tool? Be sure to share it with us in the comments.
1. Compfight
Compfight is a visual Flickr search tool that displays searched photos based on tags or text. Beyond showing you pictures that match your search, the other cool thing about compfight is that it makes it dead simple to search for creative commons pictures that you can use for your blog. It’s a simple and fast-loading interface for Flickr searches.
2. Flickr Color Selector
Are you looking for cool pictures, but you really need them to match your website’s color scheme? Flickr Color Selectr searches through images on the popular photos site by differentiating by color. Just pick your color on the RGB chart.
Note: this search engine is partially in Japanese, but it doesn’t impede you from using this particular tool.
3. FlickrBabel
FlickrBabel is a mash-up of Flickr search and Google Translate. If you find a cool image but can’t understand the underlying text, FlickrBabel uses Google translate to interpret the message. It also supports location-based searches. Heck, FlickrBabel even has its own Twitter account
4. FlickrStorm
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