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Some sites say goodbye

With the changes in photoland, some traditional sites are struggling to remain relevant. Early next year, Sony will shut its ImageStation site. Two other familiar sites are closing down this month: Yahoo Photos on Sept. 20; and PhotoSite on Sept. 27.

Traditional upload-and-print Yahoo Photos saw its audience plummet to 3.5 million users in July 2007 from 8.6 million in July 2006, according to market tracker Nielsen//NetRatings. Yahoo is migrating most Yahoo Photos customers to Flickr, a more community-oriented photo-sharing site that has been a hit for Yahoo since it acquired it in March 2005.

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Dear Yahoo! Photos user,

For some time now, we’ve supported two great photo-sharing services, Yahoo! Photos and Flickr. But even good things come to an end, and we’ve decided to close Yahoo! Photos to focus all our efforts on Flickr — the award-winning photo-sharing community that has been called "completely addictive."

We will officially close Yahoo! Photos on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT.. Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to move to Flickr or download your original resolution photos back to your computer. All you need to do is give us your decision before we close, after which any photos remaining on Yahoo! Photos will be deleted and no longer accessible.

Please give us your decision by Thursday, October 18, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. After that time, any photos remaining on Yahoo! Photos will be deleted.