Internet Marketing, Sales & Client Service Professional Jordan Hardy

About Flickr (for Photo and Video Sharing)

Posted on: August 13, 2011 by Jordan Hardy Comments Off

Flickr allows users to manage and share their photos and videos for free online. New users can create an account through either their Google Gmail or Yahoo Mail account. Upon first sign in, one can personalize their profile, upload first photos, find friends, and explore.

Flickr offers users profiles, photostreams, galleries, tags, archives, favorites, popular photos, and maps. With Flickr, users also can tag photos with notes, people, or Exif data (camera settings). Flickr users can email photos and videos, get links, get HTML code, or share with friends through Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

Beyond the large number of features Flickr offers, it also stands out due to the large number of photos one can explore. With so many users joining since launch in 2004, Flickr photos are embedded in many blogs, Websites, and social media.

Also see our post about Photobucket.

About Photobucket (for Photo and Video Sharing)

Posted on: August 13, 2011 by Jordan Hardy Comments Off

Photobucket offers free and paid image and video hosting as well as sharing. Upon signing up, Photobucket at the current time quickly prompts new users to select a paid upgrade. It isn’t necessary to accept, and a free account is still available. Photobucket is currently also prompting users to submit feedback early in the sign up process. Feedback is also optional.

Photobucket allows users to upload their images and videos. They can link directly to files, get HTML, email links to friends, and also share images and videos on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Messenger. Photobucket also allows users to view a slideshow, follow people, and compete in photo competitions.

I place Photobucket as a second choice to Flickr, since Flickr offers more options and is also still more widely used. I was impressed that in the recent twitter platform updates, photo uploads in twitter are now automatically hosted on Photobucket!