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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…

Buy them and take credit.

At least, that appears to be Yahoo!’s new strategy.  Four years after they bought Flickr, Yahoo have finally decided it’s time to begin the long, delicate process of rebranding:

Flickr from Yahoo

There’s already been a large outcry on the Flickr Forums, and for good reason. Because if this is a sign of how Yahoo are going to handle this property, then we can all look forward to their next branding change:

Yahoo Photos Beta Power by Flickr

I see absolutely no flaws with this plan. Do you?

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pm and is filed under Design. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…”

  1. James S says:
    October 2, 2009 at 10:43 am

    I wasn’t thrilled when Yahoo bought Flickr. Now that they want to make it their own… well I’m just more likely to wander off and do my own thing now. Nice site btw.