There is a very good alternative to emailing photos; they are calledfree online photo hosting websites. People love to share photos.However, photos take up a tremendous amount of space and can reallyslow down your email, not to mention take up a tremendous amount ofspace in someone's inbox.
On a free online photo hosting website you open an account and loadyour photos directly to that site. You can then invite family andfriends to visit your site, check out your photos and even comment onthem!
The following photo hosting websites are some of the more popular sites on the net.
FaceBook
FaceBook is a social network of people who have photo pages. You canfind new friends through the search or you can link to your own friendsand family while uploading an unlimited number of photos, share linksand videos.
Anyone with a valid email address can join FaceBook. If you registerwith your school or work email, you can connect to co workers orclassmates. When you have registered you can find a regional network tojoin and then you can connect to people in your area.
WebShots
One of the largest photo and video sharing sites, WebShots has morethan 400 million photos to check out and is a great hosting site foryour own photos.
They have free and premium memberships that offer lots of storage,ensuring that you will never fun out of space. You can share videos,photos and slideshow on both WebShots and on your personal website. Youcan even order prints of your photos and create custom photo gifts.
PhotoBucket
The self proclaimed most popular creative hub on the web,PhotoBucket links billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows andvideos to many of the most popular websites and social networking sitessuch as MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, Craigslist and Blogger.
However, the free online photo hosting website is not the only methodthat members can share their photos. They can also share their digitalmedia via email, IM and even mobile devices.
Membership is free and it is a great place to share you latest shots of your new purple Mohawk or your adorable new baby.
Flickr
Flickr is a fun site where members can keep a blog of memories thatthey have captured on their cell phone camera, or maybe they just wantto post their best photos so that they can show off their talents andperhaps earn the title web celebrity.
Of course, they can post their photos to share with family and friends.Flickr is a free online photo hosting website, but it also helpsmembers get photos to the people who matter to them. Members canorganize their photos, share and keep in touch with others.
The free membership on this site offers you a lot of options, particularly if you have a lot of photos to store and share.
Yahoo! Or AOL Photo Album
Yahoo! And AOL photo albums are free online photo hosting websites and are very effective for sharing your photos.
You can save, send and share your photos through these sites. There is no fee attached, the services are both free.
You can set your albums to private or you can make them public.Additionally, you can designate certain albums as private and others aspublic. If you want some simple photo sharing, storing and organizing,these are two great sites to use.
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