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A picture
speaks a thousand words, but takes
up at least 4 times as much web
space. Yet images are often
important parts of our blog, our
website and even our Internet
experience. Finding a good web host
for images is an important yet often
overlooked part of starting a
website. Even if you are not
starting a website, there are many
reasons why you would like to host
an image on the internet. For
instance, you may want to share it
with someone else, and thus the
internet can be used to share a
photo album; all you need to do is
to get a good web host for images.
Images add flavor to any dull chunk
of text, and can enable the web
master to communicate on a level
that goes beyond mere text. A simple
illustration can often explain
something far better than text can
ever hope to. Thus, it is clear that
getting a good web host for images
is an important consideration.
What then makes
a good web host for images? Apart
from having a large amount of web
space as well as minimal downtime,
there is little that separates the
various image hosts. A good image
web host will have a large maximum
image file size or no maximum at
all. This allows you to upload
larger images with higher resolution
to share with others. With a better
quality image the pictures that you
share will also look better. Good
image web hosts also host the image
for a decent period of time, perhaps
over 40 days. This is because you
wouldn't want to share a picture
with someone only to find out that
it is gone.
Here is a list of good web hosts
for images.
FlickCabin is
an image web host where you can
submit your images anonymously and
hotlink the images to eBay auctions,
blogs, websites and wherever you
need them. You do not even need to
register in order to get the
service. Being completely anonymous
can often be a benefit when you are
submitting and hosting sensitive
images. With no maximum file size
and bandwidth, FlickCabin is a good
choice when choosing a web host for
images.
FileAve is
another popular image web host which
provides a free image hosting
service. FileAve gives free members
a 50 MB image storage space and 150
MB Bandwidth per day. All file types
are allowed on FileAve which allows
you to host even streaming videos on
FileAve. With a 5 MB maximum file
size, you may be unable to upload
certain files or images, especially
the high resolution ones. However,
the option to upload .avi, .wmp, in
addition to the usual .gif, .png,
and .jpeg image file types is
definitely a huge advantage over
other web hosts for images.
These are just
two of the many available image
hosts on the internet. Each host has
a different selling point and
different things they offer to
subscribers. Search around for the
one that suits your needs the most,
after all, if the service does not
satisfy you, you can always look for
a new one.
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