Flickr

I finally visited the Flickr website, after hearing about it so long ago. It looks like an easy place to share photos with family or friends instead of attaching them to individual email messages that that time to open. It also looks a great spot for a local history photo project, where people could add commentary about places or people they recognize.

I tried searching for something really specific - my high school in Indianapolis. About 7 photos were came up - of a couple going to a prom. Then I searched for the Monon Trail, a 25-mile pathway for hikers and bikers that goes near my sister's house. There were about 30 really good-looking photos from several users. I clicked on two of the profiles. One person didn't share anything but his age, whereas another shared his favorite music, etc. I compared those photos with a Google Images search (about 30 totally different photos) and Yahoo Images search (many pages of different photos, but some of them distantly related to the subject). I was trying to see if Flickr would bring up good photos for reference use, and it looks like an alternative.
The photos do seem to come up faster than in Google or Yahoo.

Maybe I will suggest this to my sisters, brother and daughters as a way to share our photos.