Photo hosting sites?

[AndrewR]

I need to get some photos posted, and I wanted to solicit some opinions on the better sites out there. Pros and cons of the different options?

 

[yllus]

I am a huge fan of Flickr. More than just a great picture hosting website, it's also a great community. I love getting an e-mail in the morning with the latest photos my contacts on Flickr have put up.

Edit: Oh, and join the AT group on Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/groups/anandtechforums/

 

[skulkingghost]

Flickr is excellent, has excellent integration into Drupal and Wordpress, (not sure about joomla) and lets you integrate your stuff easily. You can get analytics on each picture you take (number of view /seo stuff) and there are so many groups out there to join its really a great community.

 

[jpeyton]

I like Flickr too; a good community for photography oriented people. As a hosting service, it has always been fast.

Zooomr is a Flickr clone with more social networking features.

You might also want to look at SmugMug, Zenfolio or PBase.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I have mine hosted with Smugmug (in sig). It's extremely flexible with a lot of options and photo sizes, and there is unlimited storage and close to unlimited bandwidth.

I'm not too sure about the community though.

 

[AndrewR]

Seems like a solid consensus on Flikr, and I've previously heard good things about Smugmug. I'll check them out this weekend and post a site when I have one. Thanks for the insight!

 

[dug777]

pics.bbzzdd.com works fine for me

 

[quackagator]

Picasa albums

 

[randomlinh]

It all depends on your goal. I personally love flickr.. for sharing what I've recently done. And of course the community aspect. However, as a photo sharing host... it really lacks IMO. It's not geared for "let me show my family this" exactly. I find something that has a more traditional album setup like picasa good for that, and hence smugmug or zenfolio would work better (picasa is too limiting, but it's free).

 

[alfa147x]

I use a blend of flickr and wordpress

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
It all depends on your goal. I personally love flickr.. for sharing what I've recently done. And of course the community aspect. However, as a photo sharing host... it really lacks IMO. It's not geared for "let me show my family this" exactly. I find something that has a more traditional album setup like picasa good for that, and hence smugmug or zenfolio would work better (picasa is too limiting, but it's free).

I tend to use Google for posting images for friends and family since its really easy to use and free. I should probably post more on flickr for the community and exposure aspects.

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: quackagator
Picasa albums

COMPLETELY forgot about Picasa. I was using that before I switched computers last year. Thanks for the reminder. I think I have an album out there somewhere already.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Hmmm... I've been in the habit of using Photobucket for awhile, because I blog a lot. But it looks like I'll have to check Flickr out.

 

[SaigonK]

I though Flickr was only so much bandwidth per month then you essentially get turned off until you get back under the limit....

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: SaigonK
I though Flickr was only so much bandwidth per month then you essentially get turned off until you get back under the limit....

that's the free version. There are a lot of limits on the free version actually, only 200 photos in your photostream, 3 sets, no collections. The year cost is only $25, so I find it well worth it, but that isn't for everyone.

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: yllus
I am a huge fan of Flickr. More than just a great picture hosting website, it's also a great community. I love getting an e-mail in the morning with the latest photos my contacts on Flickr have put up.

Edit: Oh, and join the AT group on Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/groups/anandtechforums/

hey, i just joined the group last night and i added a few things. however, they don't show on the group's link when i'm not signed in. i've added them to the pool and when i'm not signed in, i can still see them on my own photostream. what the heck am i doing wrong?

edit -- it seems they were just having issues over the weekend. it looks like they might have things sorted out now.