SimpleBucket: Real Simple Photo Hosting

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SimpleBucket: Real Simple Photo Hosting

by Simon Kerbel Apr 10th 2008

SimpleBucket is a promising new photo sharing site that has just emerged from a complete redesign and rebuild. The service is very promising, and offers a lot of nice features that might make it a big player in the days to come.

SimpleBucket's tagline reads "Real Simple Photo Hosting," and it shows. First off, SimpleBucket does not require registration. As in at all. Simply enter in any email address, select a photo (or number of photos) to upload, and away you go. HTML code for embedding your photo, a link to the photo page, and a link to the photo itself are all instantly generated.

Gallery: SimpleBucket

If you worry that lack of registration means lack of options and customizability, don't. Each upload sends an email to the address you supplied with a link to the photo administrator page. That page will allow you to do a number of things:

Choose who can add notes and comments
Rate the photo
Add or remove permissions
Add tags

You can even add a simple voice recording to the photo.

SimpleBucket offers dead-easy sharing. You can share a photo via email, and SimpleBucket also has hooks into MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, and more.

One of SimpleBucket's nicer features is the ability to share a "photo widget"; that is, a photo complete with any notes that you (or other users) have added. This brings an exciting new level of interactivity to photos on the web.

While the uploading can use some streamlining (you're limited to 5 photos at a time, and you add photos by using an archaic Browse menu), the service itself is very fine.

Check it out and tell us what you think. A Flickr copycat, or future Earth-shaker?

Tags: photo, photo sharing, PhotoSharing, sharing, SimpleBucket

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jordan Running said 6:15PM on 4-10-2008

Cue the News Corp. cease & desist in 5....

edward said 7:37PM on 4-10-2008

Uhh imageshack anyone... no email address required.

whiskey said 8:25PM on 4-10-2008

ImgRed.com? You could set up your own!

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