Stock photograph search engine

Posted on March 15, 2008
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Whether you are a photographer or web designer, chances are you either sell or buy stock photos online. There are hundreds of stock photography websites available that compete with each other but none provide a way for stock photo buyers to search for photos across the hundreds of stock photography websites. For example, lets just say you write about pedigree dogs and decided that you want to include a photo of a poodle in your feature story. Which stock photography website would you go and find a suitable photo of a poodle? Thats when you will find xcavator.net useful. xcavator.net is a stock photograph search engine for professionals.

Xcavator.net has 6 million images in their search database and the number is growing. You can use xcavator.net to compare prices and cross shop between stock photography websites. Photos from companies such as iStockphoto, Fotolia, Lucky Oliver and 123RF are indexed by xcavator.net’s search bot.

You search for photos on xcavator.net using keyword search which is text-based search. So photos are tagged with keywords that will help you find the closest and matching results for your search. Xcavator.net also has an introduction video for users to familiarize themselves with the website.