GoingCandid

Looking good as a thumbnail
People often have to judge by a thumbnail, if they want to open a photo or
not. When your thumbnail doesn't really show something, nobody will look at
it. That’s why a lot of my portraits got explored.
Fill in all the details
Your photo should contain EXIF information, some tags (not too many), should
be geo-tagged, have a title, have a description and should be in a few groups
(not more than 5). Don't try to hide anything and don't try to spam your Flickr
contacts with too much information. Just enter some simple and solid information
about your photo. Not more and not less...
Have a lot of contacts
This probably helps the
most in getting attention
on your photos. But there
are contacts you follow
and contacts follow you.
It's a difference and you
should figure out, how
many people follow your
work. This can be found
in your Contact list by
clicking on "Who calls you
a Contact?". You get
more contacts by uploading
good photos into the
right groups. People, who
are interested in the
same kind of photography,
may also like your
work. Add these people
to your contacts first and
then they might add you
as well.