Dan Perry

This tip will help you get more comments, and more traffic to your photos.

When you load a group of photos using the upload tool, upload all of them EXCEPT the best one. Once they’re all loaded, go to the next step and add to a Group, add tags, etc., then Save This Batch. After all of that is done, then go back to upload, and add your best picture. Here’s why.

The last photo you post shows up as the first photo in your list. Also, and more importantly, it shows up on your contacts homepage as “Photos from your Contacts”, and also under “Everyone’s Photos”, as shown in the following screenshot.

The reason you can’t just add it to the end of your queue is that Flickr doesn’t upload images in the exact order that they’re added. To make sure, use this little trick, and you’ll almost guarantee more views and comments on your best photos.

If you have the time/inclination, save a couple of your best shots, and upload one a day, or every other day. Lots of extra work, but probably worth the effort (if the pictures are good enough).

For example, I added the above image of gas prices in downtown Chicago as a single photo after uploading all the rest, and within a couple hours I had 20 views and 8 comments. Comments… Hooray!

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