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I looked at Picasa but the 1Gb limit is limiting. I want more for free. Some of the options limit how many images you can load per day/month, which is annoying to start with since I easily have more than that.

I ideally want a Windows app that can handle the bulk uploading for me.

Tagging or geo tag would be nice to have.

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Flickr Pro

  • $24.95/Year - it's very cheap
  • Unlimited uploads and storage
  • Unlimited sets and collections
  • Access to your original files
  • You can use Windows Live Photogallery for uploading photos
  • Geotaging is supported
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I believe the asker is looking for a free service. – Yuval Jul 21 '09 at 12:14
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If he wants it for free, the answer would be there is none. 24.95$ per YEAR is not that expensive! +1 – Tim Büthe Jul 21 '09 at 12:16
Go for a normal flickr account then – Ivo Flipse♦ Jul 21 '09 at 12:35
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Flickr Pro is a nice service, free Flickr is very limited (only the last 200 photos visible, there are upload caps). – jetxee Jul 21 '09 at 13:13
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-1 for not being free – Robert MacLean Jul 28 '09 at 19:07
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After much searching I found Shutterfly which is

  • Free
  • Unlimited uploads and storage
  • Unlimited sets and collections
  • Access to your original files
  • You can use Picasa for uploading photos

As a second place I would definitely go with Alasdair's answer of Windows Live Gallery which only draw back is the 25Gb limit.

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Make sure to accept this answer or copy it into your question so ppl know you found a solution. – hyperslug Jul 28 '09 at 19:43
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Windows Live Photos

The Windows Live Photos landing page requires you to login with a Windows Live ID, so here's a description on Wikipedia).

The Windows Photo Gallery application is straight forward, and lets you publish batches of photos to your Windows Live Photos Account. You get 25GB free, which you can use to store other types of files using the Skydrive (Wikipedia description) service.

I don't think it supports geotagging. You can tag People in photos, but it doesn't seem to have geotagging or generic tags. You can control whether photo albums are private, shared with contacts, or public.

Ovi Share

Ovi Share by Nokia lets you store unlimited photos and videos.

It supports tags and geotagging. You can upload photos from the website, the Nokia Photos application, or directly from some Nokia mobile phones. There's a sample gallery to give you an idea of how the service looks.

Personally, I'm sticking with my Flickr pro account for now.

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SmugMug if you're willing to pay.

Dropbox if 2GB of storage is enough. Also, you can sync photos just by placing them in a folder on your computer.

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+1 for smugmug, great service. – akf Jul 21 '09 at 13:24
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Unrelated note: this is answer #10000: superuser.com/questions/10000 – sirlancelot Jul 22 '09 at 23:55
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Zooomr is a Flickr clone, but with unlimited uploads and with OpenID support. You can upload as much as you want (unlike at Flickr where your older photos are hidden after 200 uploads). Unfortunately, Zooomr feels slower than Flickr.

Both Zooomr and Flickr are awkward if you want to share photos semi-privately (just between the friends/family). Also, they don't support albums (tags and sets is not the same thing).

Picasaweb's 1G is OK to just show your photos on the web. Picasaweb is much more convinient for private photo sharing than Flickr or its clones, just send a secret link to anyone you want to share an album with. Unfortunately, extra disk space is overpriced and Picasaweb compresses JPEGs just too much (visible artifacts), and, unfortunately, Google wants you to use their Picasa program for upload. Tagging and social features at Picasaweb suck. But in general it's not a bad (free) choice if you agree to downscale your images and don't mind JPEG artifacts.

Panoramio is another image hosting by Google. It is mostly oriented towards geotagging, but it offers up to 2G of storage the last time I checked. They don't provide an automatic bulk uploader.

If you are comfortable with an interface in Russian, check http://fotki.yandex.ru/. Sort of Flickr clone. Unlimited storage, crossplatform uploader (Firefox extension), geotags, private albums.

A minimalistic image hosting like Picamatic may be useful too. There's lots of them. They usually offer a Flash-based bulk uploader.

Disclaimer: the only image hosting I pay for is Flickr.

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+1 for Zooomr suggestion. It supports labels (tags) and geotagging, like the OP wanted. @jetxee: I think sharing with friends and family works well on flickr. If they're reluctant to sign up for a flickr account, then you can send a guest pass. What features does an 'album' have that are not captured by a flickr set? – Alasdair Jul 21 '09 at 15:28
@Alasdair: If a photo on Flickr is private, I cannot embed it into my private blog (I can on Zooomr/Picasaweb). The only way is to direct all friends and family to Flickr and let the Flickr handle authentication. It's not working well for me. I didn't know about a guest pass on Flickr (thanks!), but IMO sharing a secret link to the album is easier. Also, an album may be easily deleted as a whole. – jetxee Aug 1 '09 at 8:45
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I think you're asking for too much.. An unlimited, restriction-free host, with a Windows bulk uploader? For free?

The closest I can think of is a Pro Flickr account.

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Flickr Pro has been my platform of choice for several years. I have looked at SmugMug also, but since I am essentially just using Flickr as an offsite backup with benifits, it fits the need just fine.

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Flickr and PicasaWeb are two good places.
If you find one account does not give you sufficient space or file-count,
You could create multiple accounts. Or go Flickr-Pro -- of course.

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you can try http://www.dumpzor.com its not really a foto album but you can enter a title and description there, upload up to 10 images at a time and its totally free without registration!

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