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What's the best image hosting site?

Recently I had an hotlink mishap. I'm not going to get into it, but after a day, the image changed because it wasn't a fixed url. I learned my lesson and decided to use an image hosting service henceforth. Specifically, I want a (free) service that has a browser add-on that makes uploading pics really easy.

For the last week or so, I've used photobucket, but today I received an email informing me that I'm running out of space after only ~80 uploads [many are animated .gifs though].

I have an imageshack account, (and they have the EZ upload ap IIRC), but pics keep disappearing on a regular basis.

What EZ upload image site do you use?
 
Just to clarify, my hotlink problem didn't come from an image hosting site. I posted an image from a meme generator, but a "floating url" or even a booby-trapped url can happen when one "steals bandwidth".

Flickr is nice because no matter where you move your pics the link never actually changes. I get the feeling it's geared more towards photographers but no one says you can't use it for other things. It does have a monthly upload limit though so you have to be careful.

Does Flickr have an easy upload browser add-on?
 
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I briefly checked out Picasa and it's not really an image hosting site, is it?

I'm looking at Flickr, but can't seem to find the EZ browser uploader add-on. Am i missing something?

Picasa is definitely an image hosting website. It's another one slightly geared towards photographers but it works just as great for anything else. Again, I don't know if there is a EZ browser uploader for Flickr.
 
I have never had problems with photobucket.... I actually us photobucket for editing due to a severe lack of knowledge in Photoshop. And they'll give you and IMG code for every picture, simply copy and paste and it's on here:D
 
I have never had problems with photobucket.... I actually us photobucket for editing due to a severe lack of knowledge in Photoshop. And they'll give you and IMG code for every picture, simply copy and paste and it's on here:D

Photobucket is great, with a really simple EZ uploader browser add-on, but I ran out of space for this month. Too many gifs I think.

I just downloaded the Imageshack EZ uploader. It's not as simple as PB's but it's still good. The problem with Imageshack is they "loose" files from time to time.
 
bassrique said:
Photobucket is great, with a really simple EZ uploader browser add-on, but I ran out of space for this month. Too many gifs I think.

I just downloaded the Imageshack EZ uploader. It's not as simple as PB's but it's still good. The problem with Imageshack is they "loose" files from time to time.

Photobucket also has an iPhone/iPod touch app! Easy uploads on the go for iPhone users:D it's actually easier than uploading from a computer.
 
bassrique said:
Now i don't like photobucket. I exceeded bandwidth, so I deleted a bunch of gifs to put me below the threshold, and still my pics are blocked. :(

I only use mine for photography stuff, and that's only the shots that I like out of the days shooting. So not many actually make it on there. My computer and Facebook handle all the other stuff.