Creative Commons search engine officially introduced with over 300 million images indexed

After more than two years of beta testing, the non-profit organization Creative Commons finally officially launched its image search engine to the public and has been able to retrieve over 300 million CC-authorized creative sharing images. During the beta period, the service itself was also significantly updated, and the redesigned engine was able to retrieve more relevant content faster.

Compared to giants like Google and Flickr, the traffic to the Creative Commons site itself is not to be underestimated. As early as February 2017, the organization revealed that it had nearly 60,000 monthly visits, which is a source of motivation for its search experience. Ryan Merkley, CEO of CC, announced the new plan, he said:

“There is no ‘front door’ to the commons, and the tools people need to curate, share, and remix works aren’t yet available. We want to make the commons more usable, and this is our next step in that direction.”

In the early days of the beta release, the CC search engine indexed approximately 9.5 million images from Flickr, 500px, Rijksmuseum, the New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Today, CC Search has included more than 300 million images from 19 sources, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Behance, DeviantArt, and even a series of CC0 3D designs from Thingiverse. According to the organization, its image library will continue to grow and give high priority to photo collections from resource libraries such as Europeana and Wikimedia Commons.

Via: TechCrunch