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Open Web Awards: Photo Sharing
Gather round youngsters while we tell you a tale. Once upon a time we all had to use these clunky old cameras that contained something called film. While it might sound like some sort of mucus membrane that you had to wipe off your fingers when you were done taking a picture, it was actually sort of like a flash card, but you had to drop it off at a nearby drug store and wait for a day or two before you could get your pictures back. That's when you'd find out that 23 or the 24 family portraits you'd made were actually portraits of your thumb covering the lens.These days you can snap a quick picture with your cellphone computer, or even a camera if you so choose. But what good is a picture if you can't share it with the world? Sure, you could send an email to everyone you know letting them know how cute your dog looks in his new dress. But if you post that same image to Flickr, Picasa, or Photobucket, you'll reach an infinitely wider audience, thus shaming your puppy for life.
So we turn to you, our loyal readers, and ask, what is your favorite site for sharing your images?
You are voting for your favorite Social Search in the Open Web Awards, a distributed contest to find the best sites on the web. The top three sites in this category will proceed to the final round starting December 17th, and there will be an awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco on January 10th, 2008.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
campbellwaterman said 4:55PM on 12-11-2007
Why have you not included Zooomr in your list of candidates?
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Brad Linder said 5:04PM on 12-11-2007
A few weeks ago about two dozen web sites hosted calls for nominations in various Open Web categories. The folks over at Mashable tallied up the nominations and the companies/services that received the most nominations made it to the final list.
Ethan said 7:03PM on 12-11-2007
For me, my top is 23hq.com, then second I'd choose Zoomr. Which unfortunately make Facebook my favourite on the list. It's the most useful for the pictures of last night, but as for making your own personal web gallery, I'd say all of them are going the wrong way about it.
Jonathan Harford said 4:10PM on 12-11-2007
flickr is so good. Picasa (offline) is so good. In my dreams, they are one.
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iptydafu said 10:05AM on 12-12-2007
I second the call for Zooomr--I've used it for a while, and it's a great service.
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