On every picture details page at Cutcaster, there's a new "Like" button under every image thumbnail. In order to push the highest quality images to the front of the search results, all images with "likes" at Cutcaster will get an added boost to their search placement. The more "likes" your image gets, the higher it will get pushed up in search results.
Source: Cutcaster blog
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