PicFindr: Not Alpha, not Beta, just not done yet

Similar to Everystockphoto and Yotophoto, PicFindr is another new example of those free-to-use photo "portals" searching for completely free stock photography, "a rich internet application (RIA) that allows you to search several stock image and photo community sites simultaneously, based on your intended use".

And beyond this with the inherent potential to develop over time into a serious threat for "classical" photo portals, provided that some adjustments and refinements do occur. I´m pretty confident we see some new concepts turned into reality soon.

 

PicFindr´s developer Rick Englert noted recently that his model:

"is similar to yotophoto but with a different search approach; PicFindr literally performs your search on several sites simultaneously (including those listed above) and compiles the results into a single page with links to the individual photos, their terms of use and a link to the search results at the host site. Yotophoto is currently ahead in terms of advanced search options, but PicFindr is up and coming".

 

He also said that "PicFindr´s search options determine which sites to search. Most of the sites are not considered "mashable" and PicFindr does not make use of any APIs, since most of the sites do not have one".

 

Alex Walker published today a small follow-up on PicFindr with more details.

 

Related:

• How To Find Great Free Photos (goldengod, March 16, 2007)
• Everystockphoto: Two Months Old, Over 260,000 Free Images Indexed (SPT, May 29, 2006)
• Free photos for your Web site or blog (CNET, May 26, 2006)
• FreerangeStock: Totally Free High Resolution Stock Photography (SPT, April 06, 2006)
• Interview With Mark Thomson/Yotophoto (SPT, July 19, 2005)
• "Yotophoto: The Long, Soft And Inevitable Revolution?" (SPT, July 15, 2005)
• "Free High Quality Stock Photography" (SPT, July 14, 2005)
• Yotophoto - Interview With Mark Thompson (The Photoshop Blog, July 07, 2005)
• ""Free" Stock Photography and Royalty "Free" Stock Photography Sites without Breaking the Bank" (SPT, June 28, 2004)

 

Comments

[Andrew Ferguson]

How do you find that search results on PicFindr compare to its competitors? Better or worse?

Thanks for including me in your list of related links, by the way :)