Flickr is a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform. It was one of the earliest Web 2.0 applications. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Its popularity has been fueled by its innovative online community tools that allow photos to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means.

Below is an “Incredible List of Flickr Search Tools” for those who want to search images in flickr.

1. Tiltomo : play with their Visual Search code using two sample databases from flickr.
2. Flickr Anywhere : a tool that allows you to integrate flickr in your myspace account or on any webpage with just a quick search.
3. Wikinews Flickr License Searcher : searches flickr for images licensed under a specific license. Helpful for user of wikinews to find free images.
4. Search Plugins(Flickr) : Plugin used for searching flickr.
5. Desktop Flickr Organizer for Gnome : The application allows online/offline mode management of your photos. You can upload, search and download photos, through the easy to use interface.
6. TripperMap : automatically search your photos at Flickr for location information and use the photos on your own Trippermap, on your own website.
7. Flickr Tag Related Browser : Type a search tag and see amazing view of flickr images and browse related tags.
8. Flyr : search geotagged photos in flickr.
9. Flickr search plugin : A mozilla/firefox browser.
10. Flickrfs Virtual Flickr Filesystem : Create a virtual userspace filesystem which allows easy uploading/downloading/searching of images through flickr.
11. FlickrLilli : Searching for Creative Commons content on Flickr.
12. Retrievr : lets you search for photos on flickr by drawing sketches of them.
13. Twaingle : a tool that allows you to search for images on flickr or yahoo and insert them directly into an application.
14. Flickr photo search : search photos by titles, tags and descriptions.
15. FlickrStorm : Search for photos in Flickr by Creative Commons license, compile them in a batch and save them.
16. Flickr Flash Puzzle Zone : creates jigsaw puzzle to solve from your searched flickr images.

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