When you add descriptions to your library images on Flickr, you can include links to your library website or other useful information. For example, the image in this post is a photograph of “The Reader” sculpture by Carolyn Wirth in front of the Melrose Public Library. If you click on the image here to go to the photo on Flickr, you’ll see that the description includes a link to the library’s website, and the artist’s website, and to another website with pictures of the artist’s work.
Not every individual image needs this many links, but adding links to Flickr can be a good way lead users to your library website, or to other related information. You can add links anywhere in Flickr that you can enter text: in your profile, in the descriptions of images, sets and collections, and even in comments you post on other people’s images.
To add links, you just type in the HTML for a link, like this:
<a href=”http://www.melrosepubliclibrary.org”>Melrose Public Libary</a>
Hi! So i tried to do that, but flickr keeps on deleting it, any advice???
best
ana
Are you getting a message? I know that Flickr won’t let you save links if the URL has been used for spam in the past. This includes whole domains like tinyurl.com and others that have been used to conceal true URLs, but I think there’s a message telling you that.
Also, note that the link only appears as a link when you’re on the photo page, and not on the photostream page, where it will only appear as text.
Yes shortened links no longer work, but leaving links to related resources (your website, Facebook page or YouTube videos) makes sense. So it’s probably safe to assume Flickr will keep that option open for a while. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for this… It gave me and idea to get more exposure by linking my website from my Flickr photos!