i've been a smugmug account holder for several years and am pretty happy with it, but i know flickr is popular too.

so what's so good and cool about flickr (especially when compared to smugmug)?

thanks!!

What I like about flickr:

I love being able to apply tags to my photos to group them together thematically.

I love being able to search other people's photos based on tags.

I like being able to link other friends and family albums.

I use Picasa (http://picasa.google.com/). What's good about Picasa:


Client-side photo organizer/editor that can be used independently of Web-side photo gallery
Ties in to existing Google account
Supports tagging, multiple galleries, searching, slideshows, all the usual stuff
Tons of space and free

I'm with Photobucket, and I've not had a problem with it!

I only use Photobucket when forced to do so. Too many ads and distractions.

I only use Photobucket when forced to do so. Too many ads and distractions.
True, I only use it 'cos it's free:)

I use snapfish (from HP) - have been happy with it (although haven't tried anything else). Only drawback is when you send an "invitation" to friends, they have to register in order to view your pics. I am able to enhance, store in albums, have order shipped from them (takes a week, but is cheaper if doing a lot of pics) or order and pick up in an hour from my Walgreen's down the street. After my cousin sent me access to her pics (of our disneyland trip), I was able to save them in one of my albums.

besides hearing some cool things about Picasa from Andrew, I'm not hearing anything about flickr that i can't do with smugmug.

I'm just "hearing" flickr is the best - why? what does it have that smugmug doesn't?

besides hearing some cool things about Picasa from Andrew, I'm not hearing anything about flickr that i can't do with smugmug.

I'm just "hearing" flickr is the best - why? what does it have that smugmug doesn't?Have you looked at flickr? In my opinion, flickr has a cleaner interface. I don't like the black background of smugmug. Does smugmug have a networking feature?

I find it easier to navigate around flickr than smugmug. I don't use smugmug at all.

Have you looked at flickr? In my opinion, flickr has a cleaner interface. I don't like the black background of smugmug. Does smugmug have a networking feature?

I find it easier to navigate around flickr than smugmug. I don't use smugmug at all.not much looking at flickr, just a brief drive-by.

smugmug has "Communities", and can allow your photos to be tagged, and allow them to be found either by Google or internal to smugmug. - i'm not sure if this is what you mean by "Networking". For instance, there might be a "Disneyland" community - i'm not too interested in those though as its mostly just family shots i post.

smugmug has other backgrounds besides black - for showing them off anways, the editing is still in black as far as i can tell. most of my albums don't use back anymore, just themed more appropriately for beach, fall, Christmas, baseball, etc - they're pretty cool i think and more are being added.

smugmug has "Communities", and can allow your photos to be tagged, and allow them to be found either by Google or internal to smugmug. - i'm not sure if this is what you mean by "Networking". For instance, there might be a "Disneyland" community - i'm not too interested in those though as its mostly just family shots i post.You can link to other users and label them as friends or family, then you can set the privacy level for your photos based on that. Also, when you visit your page, you will see if your friends have uploaded new photos.

I don't know what smugmug has to offer. I don't use it, and I don't usually visit it to view photos because I find the interface and setup to be a turnoff.

I use Picasa (http://picasa.google.com/). What's good about Picasa:


Client-side photo organizer/editor that can be used independently of Web-side photo gallery
Ties in to existing Google account
Supports tagging, multiple galleries, searching, slideshows, all the usual stuff
Tons of space and free


To add... Picasa does video pretty good too. Use the Client-side standalone management program to upload videos. Viewers just click on the thumbnail and it plays.