Flickr, Picasa, Smugmug... There's a few "image hosting" sites out there, and they're really good for their primary purpose: easily upload, and easily share your images throughout your digital travellings.
As more and more sites recognise the need for component unification, it is where these image-sharing sites come unto their own.
It has, however, sparked a new lease on creativity on the image-sharing side of things.
As the web becomes more social, photos have defined the requirement of individuality. In doing so, sites like Flickr.com have introduced their own Social Media-like system, which allows a user to amplify the methods and uses for each and every photo they share.
Image sharing is important due to the sheer vastness of the web. If you do not have a photo identity online, you could be heavily penalised by the likes of Google.
Google, with the acquisition of Picasa.com, places heavy emphasis on photo-sharing. Just look at Page 1 results - which showcases shared images, and mainly from image-sharing sites.
Then, take into account the likes of Twitter.com and Facebook.com, in which individuality is defined by the number of images you share.
Image sharing not only allows to connect with your intended market (as they say, a picture is worth 1000 words), but it also conveys the uniquely human characteristic of sharing.
Until Next Time,
Tomer Garzberg
http://ping.fm/8b2Jo
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