On the heels of a matchup between Getty Images and Yahoo-owned Flickr, Ask.com on Thursday announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with photo Web site Photobucket.
The Ask.com search box will now be featured throughout Photobucket.com, allowing Photobucket users to do searches within the Web site. Display ads and sponsored listings will also be syndicated on Photobucket.
Photobucket, which was acquired by News Corp. in May 2007, has approximately 44 million monthly unique users worldwide, according to the company.
"Photobucket has one of the largest online audiences, and now Ask.com provides these consumers with the answers to the questions they ask every day," Andrew Moers, senior vice president and general manager for Ask.com's Partner Network, said in a statement.
"Photobucket users view, store and share billions of images each month and Ask.com will serve as a great resource in helping those users find specific content quickly and efficiently," said Alex Welch, president of Photobucket.
Earlier this week, Flickr announced that Getty Images will be trolling the online photo site in order to find shots worthy of a commercial licensing deal. In the next few months, Getty will extend invites to Flickr members, who will then have the opportunity to participate in a collection created by the photo house. Getty will become the exclusive commercial rights manager of the photos.
In May, an unknown security issue on Photobucket prompted the photo Web site to request that all its users change their passwords.
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