Comments on: Sharing Photos Online – Choosing an Online Photo Management Service

By: Louis M

Louis M — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:26:14 +0000

I currently use Picasa2 to upload my fotos and send them to people because I am a photographer and I can use it to send out pics. But recently for some reason, when I try and put pictures in my tray to send to myself and then send it to people, I keep k=getting a message saying that I could not access the Picasa2 mailbox, try later…..Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks, Lou

By: debbieT

debbieT — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:28:00 +0000

Thanks Alfred, I just signed up with Pixamo to check 'em out.

Flickr is really best for those who want a community, not just sharing with friends. I really like all the groups to join.

I have never had a problem with flickr's limit of 100mb per month. I don't want my original files online anyway, so they are always resized. I don't even come close to the limit, and I upload almost every day.

Thank you for explaining the great points about Piximo! I will add their link to the article.

By: Alfred Galvin

Alfred Galvin — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:25:26 +0000

Flickr is not bad if you only have a few photos to upload or, you don’t mind paying for a pro account to store a lot of images. I’ve tried SmugMug and Zooomr too, but I thought Smugmug was overpriced and Zooomr was unreliable (I know it is a two man team and all, but I need something that works all the time). I eventually settled on Pixamo (http://www.pixamo.com). They have a tagging system that is really effective in networking my photos with my friends’. Instead of just typing random tags like in Flickr, the Pixamo system predicts mine while I type them in, based on the tags that my friends have used. This way, all of our tags are spelled the same and remain consistent. Clicking on one of them will bring all of our like photos together into a collection of their own, really eliminating the need for “photosets” or “albums.” They give me 2 gigs of free storage annually which beats Flickr’s free account by a long shot. And, they have video. They are a smaller service, but I have yet to find another photo site with such comprehensive free account features.

By: debbieT

debbieT — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:42:08 +0000

Thanks for your input Dave!

You are absolutely correct, Photobucket would be a good place for Ebay photos, or photos you need to link to from a forum or web site.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:57:24 +0000

Debbie – I wholeheartedly agree – I love flickr – it is very easy to use.

I have found photobucket to be very useful – it’s a nice, added service that I use to (freely) host my ebay images. This way I don’t use any of my space on flickr.