Free Image Sharing Websites

Upload Images and Hotlink Them to Your Blogs, Forums or EBay Auctions

Sometime back I had posted an article titled "Free File Sharing Sites", and it received tremendous response. One of my readers suggested me to compile a similar list of Free image sharing sites also. And the idea stuck me. I did some looking around and found that there are actually 2 kinds of websites
1. Websites for image sharing
2. Websites for digital photos sharing.

You may think that both of these sound to be same. What is the difference? The difference is in their intended use. Image sharing sites are used to post your images, avatars, signatures and later hot linking them in your blogs, forums and posts (Hot linking is embedding an image into a message board, personal webpage, or eBay auction). Digital photo sharing sites are primarily used for uploading your digital photos and sharing them with your friends. So, these provide features like creating albums, ordering prints etc. Many sites are nowadays serving both the purposes, but the best ones out there are those that address just one of these 2 needs. 

I will cover the popular image sharing sites in this article, and would try to come up with a list of free photos sharing site in next one.

1. ImageShack: This is the most popular image sharing site out there, and has tons of registered members. If you are looking at some blog or forum, and you see some embedded image, it is very likely that it is hot linked to ImageShack. ImageShack is a free image hosting solution. It can be used to share pictures with friends, as well as post images on message boards and blogs. It can also be used to direct link images from your personal website or online auction. And best of all, it's completely free.