Free Picture Host Services

Finding a good hosting service is essential but a free picture host service isn’t so bad either. Just because it is free does not always mean that something is of low quality. This is especially true when it comes to web-based services and products. There are a few free picture hosting services, as a matter of fact, that do an even better job than sites that charge for hosting pictures. Here is a look at some of them and the features that they offer to people with free accounts.

Photobucket

This website is probably one of the most popular when it comes to image hosting. Many people take advantage of the fact that you can mirror the images stored on Photobucket so that they can be displayed on forums and other sites like eBay. This can be done with a simple HTML tag known as an image tag. If you visit the eBay website, for example, you will notice that some people have more pictures on their items than others do. You might also notice that some of the pictures are not hosted on the eBay site itself but are actually being coursed through Photobucket. As a free site, Photobucket is very generous in the sense that they allow free account users 1 gig of free storage. That is a lot of space for a person who does not upload pictures every day. Of course, to lift the limit, one has to pay. Other features on the site allow one to view pictures in different ways, through a slideshow or various ways of cascading the pictures and tiling them.

Flickr

Perhaps one of the most famous to many people who use mobile devices like cellular phones and laptops, Flickr is also known for being something beyond a free picture host service. Flickr is unique in that it connects people through allowing members of the site to comment on each other's pictures. What makes it special is that the interface is so easy to use and it is also friendly to look at, unlike many other sites that basically do the same thing. Flickr’s free service is so extensive that if you already have a Yahoo email account, you basically already have a free Flickr user account. This means that you can log onto Flickr by using the same credentials that you do on your Yahoo account. The site offers free storage services and you can upload as many pictures as you want. There is a monthly limit of 100 megabytes so if you want to upload more, you will need to pay for more space or wait for the next month to arrive. Flickr also offers a great slideshow utility that you can use to impress friends and co-workers.

Imagedump

This site is pretty straight forward and is not graphics intensive. This means that it is easy to load on any browser and quick to browse through. Imagedump is home to photos from users all over the world. There are no set rules and as far as anybody can tell, the hosting service is free all throughout. You can also submit pictures for people to rate and they do this by choosing a number between 1 and 10 on the site. This is a unique poll system that people can enjoy and once you rate a picture, the next one will appear. Your images are stored in directory style like on a computer and although it may look simple, this is actually a very organized way of doing it. Your space is virtually unlimited and they have not strict rules on what kind material you want to store on the site.

These are just some of the many free picture host services available on the internet. There are many others which have their own qualities and weaknesses and it is entirely your choice on which one you think will be best for you to use.