The Top Photo Sharing Services Online

In our technological based society photo sharing has become the norm. Families once separated by miles or even oceans now are able to share their photo memories easily online.

When searching those numerous sites you should look for ease in use, check for as many extra features as possible, site support and a good community reputation. While nearly all offer batch uploading, single uploading, password protection, creation of photosets, and public viewing not all are affordable or easy to navigate.

Best Buy has listed the following services as some of the industry's top rated.
Some of those top rated websites include the following, as well as the reviews found on websites such as Wikipedia.com and hardgeek.org:

webshot ---- This easy to use site offers photo printing, your own personal website, photo licensing, the ability to upload videos and can handle larger photos. The downside remains in their need for more support. BASIC membership is free but limits the user to 1000 photos and up to 100 videos of 5 minutes or less. PREMIUM membership starts at the affordable price of $19.99 which raises the storage to 5000+ photo storage.

MyPhotoAlbum --- offers one of the easiest sites for their users. Providing the same uploading features, contests, your own web page, videos/large photo capabilities and uploading from either email or camera phone. BASIC membership is available free. Consists of such features like contests, uploading from camera phone/email, your own web page, photo printing, and video storage. PREMIUM membership is offered at the low price of $20, upgrading your features to unlimited storage while providing the same features as the basic package.

flickr ----Not quite perfectly easy, but comes close. One of the Internets favorite sites among photo sharing users. However more support for the site would be a major plus. Their features consist partly on offering your own website, batch/single uploading, video & large photo storage, photo licensing, as well as email and camera phone uploading. BASIC membership like others is free, offering storage for 10 mb a month and 3 photosets. PREMIUM membership is priced at approximately $24.95, stepping your storage size to unlimited.

Fotki --- is listed with hardgeek.org as one of the easiest to use. They offer among the ordinary features blogs, large photo storage, your own website, photo printing, as well as contests. However they provide no video uploading. BASIC membership like the others is free, allowing only 50 mb of storage. PREMIUM membership stepping you up to unlimited storage costs $30.

Photobucket --- is ranked among on consumersearch.com as one the easiest to use. Features include contests, photo printing, your own website, batch/single uploading, video clips as well as uploading by both phone and email. BASIC membership is free, limiting the storage to 500 mb of photo storage and 25 mb of video uploads. PREMIUM membership is provided for $24.95 upgrading the storage capacity to unlimited space.

Photo Sharing Services provide something for everyone and should be something everyone checks into. Many more reputable sites are available as well just with the click of a button.