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I searched for a while for a general thread about different image hosting sites. Didn't find one general enough.
This isn't meant to be an advertisement for a particular site, rather a discussion of the benefits that different sites have to offer.
I have been using imageshack for a couple of years now. It's a useful site. I like the way the links are displayed and copy automatically when clicked on.
I also use picasaweb, because it is convenient for uploading photo albums for my friends to view.
Recently I was browsing Google Earth, and noticed that a lot of the location photos were from a site called Panoramio. It's another image hosting site, and has a little google map where you can place a pushpin. Once the image is approved, it should appear on google earth as a landmark for the world to see. I thought that would be a neat way to share some of my landscape pics, so I uploaded some for processing. They haven't appeared on the globe, yet, but they might. Still, I thought it was a neat idea. There are restrictions, like no personal close ups or advertising logos or digitally created images, but still, it's a cool way to share unusual places with the world.
Lastly, about photoshack: while it might be a useful site for people to use, I don't like all the popups I get when click on the thumbnails. I wish people would just host the pics there and show them full size.
This isn't meant to be an advertisement for a particular site, rather a discussion of the benefits that different sites have to offer.
I have been using imageshack for a couple of years now. It's a useful site. I like the way the links are displayed and copy automatically when clicked on.
I also use picasaweb, because it is convenient for uploading photo albums for my friends to view.
Recently I was browsing Google Earth, and noticed that a lot of the location photos were from a site called Panoramio. It's another image hosting site, and has a little google map where you can place a pushpin. Once the image is approved, it should appear on google earth as a landmark for the world to see. I thought that would be a neat way to share some of my landscape pics, so I uploaded some for processing. They haven't appeared on the globe, yet, but they might. Still, I thought it was a neat idea. There are restrictions, like no personal close ups or advertising logos or digitally created images, but still, it's a cool way to share unusual places with the world.
Lastly, about photoshack: while it might be a useful site for people to use, I don't like all the popups I get when click on the thumbnails. I wish people would just host the pics there and show them full size.
