Comments on: Flickr vs. Picasa Web Albums

By: Kishor

Kishor — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:35:51 +0000

Hi Sally,

As for your doubts, to upload files to the Picasa Web Albums, you can choose the files in a folder which you wish to upload.

PS’s web gallery wont have any effect on Picasa since Picasa only takes the images and not the templates. It will display them in the default Picasa gallery format regardless of the web template done from PS.

Hope this has helped you out,
Kishor

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:21:29 +0000

I am so glad I found this site!
I recently opened a gmail account with the intention of using Picasa for displaying my photos to friends and potential clients.
I use PS CS2 for all of my editing and Bridge for image management etc. That said, can I choose which folders picasa uploads from my pc, or does the program just upload any and all “files” whether I plan on using them or not? Ok, the next “?” is kind of confusing, but I am a “kind of confused” chick:
If I were to use ps’s automated “web-gallery” image formatting and put this collection into a specified “file”, will Picasa upload said file and display ps’s template as is, or change the “look”?
The watermark and copyright issues are still a bit fuzzy to me. However, knowing I will have some control over who views my images is reasuring.
Any comments and information will be most appreciated.
Thanks to everyone for this terrific, informative site.
Sally

By: sicl4015

sicl4015 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:00:27 +0000

Flickr doesn’t delete the images if you don’t pay. You can start up again upon payment.
You don’t mention what Picasa does…I have been hunting and haven’t found the answer.
Can you help?
Thanks!!
S

By: Et le prix est attribué à … flickr

Et le prix est attribué à … flickr — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:44:48 +0000

[...] gratuit, et un payant, plus ou moins équivalents. Après quelques recherches sur le net [1] [2] [3], mon choix s’est porté vers flickr, parce qu’il possède les meilleurs [...]

By: Kishor

Kishor — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:53:43 +0000

I’m not sure about how strict Picasa is, but I think their results get indexed in Google results. Once again I’m not too sure about this, but I suppose you could contact Picasa for further details.

By: John Beckley

John Beckley — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:30:39 +0000

We are a web design and marketing company, for a year or so we have been using flickr pro and advising our Real Estate clients to as well. The flickr wordpress plugin works well and even our clients flickr account get indexed in google search results which is even better. The bad news is that flickr deleted one of our clients accounts becasue they said it was commercial which it wasn’t, it showed new development properties but they were used to feed into their blog and keep everyone informed. At no point were they trying to sell proeprty from their flickr account. Flickr didn’t even give a warning…straight delete

So I ahve registered a picasa account and will more than likley advise my clients to move accross. Question, can picasa photos get indexed in google’s search results (not images)? and will they be as strict as flickr reegarding images of property?

By: kishor

kishor — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:24:26 +0000

Hi Karen, I would recommend Carbonite.com for backing up not only your videos but all your files. They’re priced at around $50 a year for unlimited backup.

And thanks for kind comments

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:18:50 +0000

Thanks for your post! There aren’t many recent reviews comparing the two sites.

I’m thinking about going with the paid flickr account. My main purpose is to have an online site serve as backup for all my photos. And I’m choosing flickr because of the unlimited space and bandwith.

Now, I need a site to store my videos. Google’s free 1gb space isn’t going to store much.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:46:53 +0000

As a non-paying user of both services, I prefer Picasa’s interface to Flickr’s. Photos look more organized when placed in albums and you can create as many albums as you like in Picasa. In Flickr, as you have written, you can only create 3 albums (sets) if you are a non-paying member. I still haven’t figured out the best way to organize my 1,600 travel photos using only 3 albums. I’d rather have a separate album for each destination and I’m glad I can do that with Picasa.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:04:44 +0000

Thanks a bunch for this review; it’s exactly what I was looking for! I really didn’t feel like comparing the FAQ-sections of both sites… =/

I’ll just stick with Picasa for the moment, maybe go Flickr pro if I exceed the 1GB! I’m in New Zealand right now and shooting photos like crazy.. The lack of sub-albums IS quite a shame though, but I’ll just take that for granted. Thanks!!