Stock Photo War of the Widgets
Stock photo search engine releases Dashboard Widget to search multiple databases of stock photography agencies and commercial photographers
(PRWEB) June 11, 2005 -- As ‘War of the Worlds’ cruises into theaters, the
War of the Widgets has also begun for the multi-billion dollar stock content
licensing industry. In the battle for desktop search, StockPhotoFinder.com has
entered the fray by offering photo buyers a free Widget to facilitate searching
the databases of stock photography agencies and commercial photographers.
This free tool roars from the Mac Tiger Dashboard (OS 10.4), empowering
users with simplified search directly from their computer desktop of millions of
stock photos from all kinds of websites. Similar in functionality to a web
browser, the Widget is faster, more direct and easier than other options for
searching commercial imagery. It leverages the dynamic, new Dashboard technology
from Apple Computer. 59% of StockPhotoFinder.com users search for stock imagery
on Macintosh computers.
Desktop search is emerging as a significant
access point to various markets. Major search engines have encouraged the trend
with their general search tools. Not surprisingly, it is also a growing area of
interest for niches, such as licensees and licensors of commercial photography.
StockPhotoFinder’s Widget offers image users the ability to conveniently search
for databased images, download and try out watermarked previews in a design
layout, and then directly contact the rights holder for e-commerce or assisted
licensing. Licensors of content want to target market image users where they
work (on their computer, these days) while users desire the speed and
convenience of doing one search in seconds to find what previously took many
minutes at multiple websites. The StockPhotoFinder.com Widget offers a win-win
scenario. StockPhotoFinder.com is the only company to take advantage of this
advanced technology with its search of multiple, stock photo website
databases.
This Widget is now available for free download from www.stockphotofinder.com/stock-photo-widget.html, Apple.com
and from several shareware websites.
Once downloaded into the
appropriate folder, this Widget appears in a “Dashboard” of services on the
users desktop, always on standby to enable one-click image search of images from
databased content websites via the unique stock photo search engine at
StockPhotoFinder.com.
StockPhotoFinder.com is the leading centralized
source to locate millions of images in the stock photography industry. The
search engine, the first of its kind in the industry, offers the full inventory
of scores of recognized stock photo sources, fully searchable by keywords,
enabling thumbnail viewing and direct contact with image providers.
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