Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Web Photo Albums

So I was looking for the best place to keep my photos. My criteria were:
-free
-easy to upload
-direct link to photos
-folder for organization
-meta tags, search

I am happy with fotki. But here is the list with my notes:

http://img.photobucket.com/
http://www.snapfish.com
http://www.hello.com/ (google) - locked down?
http://www.fotki.com/ (public & private access)
http://www.photosite.com/
http://www.smugmug.com/ $30year
http://www.buzznet.com/ (social networking) (monthly archive of photos?)
http://www.heypix.com/ (social networking) *** (merged with cnet websots)
http://www.webshots.com (sign up to download?)
http://multiply.com/ (social networking) -
http://www.faces.com/ (social networking, locked down?) -
http://fotopic.net/
http://www.pbase.com/ $23year with no ads
http://www.shutterfly.com/
http://www.flickr.com/ - flickr has only 3 folders without pay
can automatically recognize who is in a picture and tag it with their names
http://riya.com
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69514,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
Online printing for snapshot photographers
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6451_7-6245134-1.html?tag=bnav

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