Best Long Term Photo Hosting Site?

[HoldyourfireAl]

I need a site that...

1. Gives me a lot of storage space
2. Will be around a long time
3. Doesn't shrink my images too much

I started a family message board that will feature pictures & I'd like it to last for years, without the pics going away. I've been using Photobucket, but you only get 1 Gig of space. Is there a better alternative?

[CharlesSong]

flickr wins on all accounts

[HoldyourfireAl]

I'm hearing good things about Smugmug.

Thoughts?

[HoldyourfireAl]

It looks like you can't just copy an IMG code in Flickr & paste it in a message board. That is a BIG advantage to Photobucket!

In other words, you can't just copy & paste a hotlink to your Flickr image from a message board.

[P1X4R]

photobucket's copy/paste IMG code is so convenient. it's the one thing that makes it my favorite image hosting site. i have a flickr account but i rarely use it unless photobucket is down and i want to upload images as a backup.

[SquiderM3]

Ed, how do you find the two compare in terms of overall upload image quality?

I have only used photobucket and I find the upload picture never looks as good as the jpeg that is saved to my folder.

[P1X4R]

that's what Al tells me also. my photobucket settings are to upload my images up to 1MB. i rarely ever output anything over that so i'm ok and not subject to any of photobucket's conversions.

as for flickr.. i haven't really noticed since i rarely use my account. i just have a few pics on it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15587259@N00/

[Primal]

Originally Posted by CharlesSong

flickr wins on all accounts

Dont you get a 200 pic limit unless you pay to have more?

[CharlesSong]

Originally Posted by HoldyourfireAl

It looks like you can't just copy an IMG code in Flickr & paste it in a message board. That is a BIG advantage to Photobucket!

In other words, you can't just copy & paste a hotlink to your Flickr image from a message board.

all you have to do is right click + copy the url of your image-- darn near all of the photos in my thread are hosted on flickr

[CharlesSong]

Originally Posted by Primal

Dont you get a 200 pic limit unless you pay to have more?

yes, that is correct

it's not a big deal to me since I use my own site for hosting the majority of my galleries (i have only used up 130 so far on flickr), if you want it to be an all-encompassing album, that's something to consider.

photobucket has limits with free accounts too (1GB of space)


you have to keep in mind that flickr is more than just a hosting site-- it's has community/networking aspects as well. you will get views/comments from other flickr-ites--- how many people have commented on anybody's photobucket pages?