Flickr was created by a small Canadian development team in 2002 before being acquired by Yahoo a year later. Many other photo sites (including Yahoo Photos) are easier to use, but none offer the great features of Flickr or its cohesive community of enthusiasts.

Add your photos to Flickr

Flickr has a few options for getting photos from your camera into your account, the simplest being a small download application that you can install on your PC or Mac (there is also a Linux version.) When installed on a PC , you can right click on a photo and send it directly to Flickr. You can also use upload to create albums (Flickr calls album sets) for your photos. You can install software that allows you to publish from any folder in Windows XP, without the need to use the download program. If you are using a Mac, there is also a plug-in for iPhoto.

If you don’t like downloading software, Flickr lets you upload six individual photos at a time. It may work for some weekend plans, but if you have more than 20 plans, it’s worth trying to upload it in batches. We recommend that you use the download software, or if you have installed Yahoo’s widget engine, the latest version comes with a widget that serves as both a photo viewer and a download tool.

Share the photos on Flickr.

Flickr is about sharing. The reason it has tagging and rating functions is that other people can find and make sense of your photos. Flickr gives you a number of sharing options. But perhaps the most convenient option is integration. It lets you paste thumbnail previews into forums, blogs, and social media profiles like than MySpace. To obtain the code, simply click on the “All sizes” button above an image.

Note: If you cannot see this option on someone else’s photo, it is probably because it is a free member or it is preventing people from obtaining higher resolutions of a photo.

Flickr will offer different resolutions for all the photos you have uploaded. We recommend sharing the size “large” because the size “regular” (which is larger) is generally too large for the computer screen of an average person. If you want to play it safe, send a link to the right image, it is in the box under the integration code. For plans that are not your own, you can copy and paste the URL of your address bar, And insert it into an email or IM conversation.

Flickr – The ultimate free photo exchange site

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