Flickr now has statistics on your photos. I usually don’t write about web site features, but I’ve been waiting for this one for forever. I’m not a stats fiend (it can sometimes encourage unnecessary competitive behavior. We can all be number one, right?), but it is absolutely fascinating to see how many views I got on a specific photo yesterday, or what domains are linking to my photos. When I added the stats application, it said it could take up to 24hrs to munch my stats, but I checked back 20 mins later and it was up.
If you’re even the tiniest bit active on Flickr it’s worth checking out. The ‘most viewed all time’ section has always been available (under your photos->popular->view sort), so what’s your most viewed photo of today? This is mine.
Go Flickr!
mmm tasty stats. Soooo good.
Heh. “We don’t display links to individual Flickr members as referrers”
Right… because they would complain that it’s a violation of privacy, but individual members of any other website are fair game.
I’m delighted to have the stats, but I think they ought to get a little less humpty about their own referrals.
@terry wait that sounds familiar… terry’s stats
@ben it is weird that they chose not to do that. It would be really cool to see what other flickr members have posted links to your photos.
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I’m so excited for Flickr stats! Yee-haw I’m logging in right now and seeing what I can see. (Although I’m really just expecting it to track my Grandma.) Thanks for the post!