Comments on: Photo Sharing Websites, Part III: Reviews of the Top Photo Websites

By: Craig Maunder

Craig Maunder — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:39:05 +0000

Smugmug is the best option I’ve tried hands down. Beautiful galleries that take no effort to setup, no advertising, total security for your photos (no one can simply steal them like on Flickr) and excellent customer service.

While some may think the $40 fee for an entry-level account is a lot, this can be reduced to $15 for your first year (way less than the Flickr pro account) with the following codes:

promo code: YAHOO (1/2 price on all memberships)
referral code: XYIzvlyAxTPgo ($5 off)

This $15 then gets you unlimited uploads and downloads and an excellent means of storing your photos offsite.

By: Bob Armour

Bob Armour — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:28:41 +0000

To Grant Scroggie–
Check out LifeSnapz.com (www.lifesnapz.com) to solve your problem. LifeSnapz is a free service to capture, share and explore your life events with friends and family. Timelines and maps provide fun way to explore events and create an ongoing life record. You can collectively comment and provide information on each photo.

Also, you might want to check out ScanCafe.com for a cost effective way to digitize your photos.

Good luck!

By: Grant Scroggie

Grant Scroggie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:32:49 +0000

Hi - I have never (yet) used a photo sharing website but I have recently obtained a large number (at a guess 1,500) of old (1890 to 1960) family photos through my mother. As we have no idea who are in the majority of the photos my idea is to scan them and put them all on a photo sharing website where all family members, who are scattered around the world, can (a) see all the photos (b) make proposals as to who the people in the photos are, and (c) see the remarks made by others and can then challenge, or add, to the information provided. I could imagine a discussion chain developing on some of the photos.
Having looked at sites and reviews I find it difficult to see which web ite would lend itself to this ? Any advice?

By: Host

Host — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:58:27 +0000

Hi Larry,
I would suggest using Flickr. You can start a “set” for each property w/ a name or ID# - using an easy hack, you can put a slideshow of each set, or a group (all of the sets) into your website. You can do multiple versions of this flash slideshow also.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/internet_tips1115.html

this link shows one way to do it, but there are a few - just search “flickr slideshow into website” or some derivitave.

Hope this helps
~Carrie Hill
Editor
Blizzard Internet Marketing Newsletter

By: Larry Jutres

Larry Jutres — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:49:50 +0000

I want to put up 100-150 photos of estate property that I acquired and need to sell. I need a site that allows that. I also need to add a description and ID# to each photo and have the viewer be able to contact me through my email. They will not need to access the photos or send me photos. This is a one-time situation and do not want to engage in setting up a web site and having it hosted. What photo sharing site will allow me to do this. Thanks alot!

By: Husac

Husac — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:52:16 +0000

Hi!
You can use my photos for free at http://freeartisticphotos.com - all of them are taken by me and made Public Domain

Cheers, Husac

By: Host

Host — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:52:21 +0000

We Recently received this in an e-mail:

Are there any photo sharing websites where my friends or others can view simply by entering my email or username and not having to create an account of their own or have to receive a linking invitation from me?

Some years ago clubphoto.com was like this but it's gone now.

The answer is that other sites may have this functionality but Flickr allows you to do this fairly easily. Just go to Flickr's search page at http://flickr.com/search/people/ and enter the username or email address you are looking for. It should pull up that user and let you view their photos, as long as the users privacy settings will allow it.

By: Host

Host — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:12:34 +0000

Hi Mike,
Thanks for the heads up - I’ve changed the link.

Carrie Hill
Editor, Blizzard Newsletter

By: Mike Schinkel

Mike Schinkel — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:22:23 +0000

Your hyperlink for OneTrueMedia.com goes to http://www.OnTrueMedia.com...

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:16:14 +0000

We use pbase.com and find it really flexible and easy to use. It doesnt have any ads which I love. You can also put a password on your website. Its easy to organise it and it has different options for backgrounds and fonts.