Photobucket.com: An Invaluable Resource for Your Net Photo Needs

With so many websites available in which users create profiles for themselves, and the ever growing popularity and wide spread use of digital cameras, it has become increasingly necessary to find places to store pictures.

For anyone that knows anything about these profile sites such as Myspace, Live Journal, Deviant Art, and the like, you know that pictures must be uploaded directly to the site, or by linking it through another webpage. The latter is a technique called “direct linking,” and it is notoriously hated throughout the internet and web server community. As such is the case, Photobucket.com is the solution.

So how is Photobucket.com different from other picture hosting sites? There are a wide variety of sites, including Yahoo photos, which provide hosting for your personal pictures. However, users of these host services don’t link their pictures to personal blogs, web pages, and online profiles. In fact, these sites don’t support linking. So in order to remedy this solution a Photobucket user can upload their pictures on the site and direct link these pictures to other sites. Need a picture on your Myspace profile? No problem! In order to get a picture there, a user must direct link the picture onto their Myspace. Photobucket provides the “url” code needed for linking, as well as the “tag” code and the “img” that can also be used to post pictures. A user need only to copy and paste the address given to have the picture show up on their personal page, profile, blog, etcâÂ?¦

Photobucket.com requires registration, however registration is free. A user will decide on a name and password and can then begin uploading pictures on the net. The only caution one should keep in mind is that all pictures uploaded onto the Photobucket website is that all pictures are public, and as such the public has access to them. Often pictures from Photobucket are used on a variety of sites and not given any citation. So, if you’d rather keep photos private, use a service such as Yahoo photos. If you’d like to share your pictures and be able to use them for direct linking, Photobucket is the way to go.

In addition to uploading your pictures online, Photobucket also provides a search engine for pictures. As mentioned before it is possible to link to other users pictures as well. This makes for a fantastic resource for anyone looking for pictures for their personal website or blog. No registration is needed for this feature.

Of all the picture hosting sites on the web Photobucket.com is one of easiest and most flexible in terms of use. Moreover, it is an invaluable and nearly inexhaustible source for photographs and reference pictures as it is constantly being updated. It’s well worth a look for any net user or artists in need or resources or references.

The linking process is simple�
Find the picture.
Enter the code as needed.