Are You Storing Your Famous Art Pictures On Photobucket?

Are you storing famous art pictures on photobucket or indeed any of the other top photo sharing sites available to artists? If you are you could find yourself in deep water if those images don’t belong to you. But, with so many people searching on line for famous art pictures it can really help you as

Famous art pictures to make you scream!

an art marketer to  know what people are looking for and to tag your own art pictures with those terms. If you don’t fully understand what I mean then let me explain.

When you upload photos onto any of the many photo sharing sites you are given the option to add descriptive tags to your art work to describe it. This also helps your work to get found as people using the site and searching for images of a particular type can find and favour your artwork. Some of these images will also come up in search results for long tail keywords (terms which are specific as opposed to general – I’ll talk more about this later) and if you know what to tag to your work you can benefit from the search engine traffic.

So, with thousands of daily searches for “Van Gogh Sunflowers” and “Andy Warhol pop art”, is it acceptable to tag your own art pictures with these terms in order to benefit from the traffic?

Is this ethical you might ask? In my opinion it is but here’s the line…….

Your own pictures should have some relevance to those being tagged. So, let’s take the tag “Andy Warhol pop art“. If you’re painting seascapes in Devon then this is likely to be seen as related so don’t tag but if you are producing Andy Warhol influenced work which others who like Warhol would like then I believe the tag is acceptable. Let me know what you think!

The internet is a superb tool for artists to market and promote their work and with the growth of web 2.0 we have seen an increase in photo sharing sites online to allow us to share our art. But with so many artists now crowding the limited photo sharing space it’s vital to arm yourself with the best knowledge if your artwork is going to get found. Let’s take a closer look at one of the top photo sharing sites to see what’s available to you as an artist.

Photobucket came into existence in 2003 and has quickly grown into the largest on line photo sharing business on the Internet. It currently lays claim to a staggering 7 plus billion images and continues to grow. Why? It is a one-stop shopping, full service house that is easy to use.  That’s why! Versatility, compelling features and advanced customization to name a few make Photobucket the premier on line photo sharing  resource  available today.

Using their many features gives you total control over every aspect of your photos. You can share them with those you choose, or for all the world to see. You can even easily organize and manage your albums with titles and keywords/tags.

Photobucket gets full marks when it comes to sharing and community features.  Comment on any photo by adding captions and share your effort with friends or private groups that you set up. A viewer counter lets you know the number of admirers that have  looked at each of your photos and there is a area that allows them to give your images a rating.  All neat stuff!

With the pro account you get 10GB of space, up to 10 minutes of video, half that with the free account, FTP uploading, 100 albums on custom URLs and unlimited bandwidth usage. Add to that, to the 10% discount on purchases like prints, mouse pads, mugs, posters, photo books et al and you begin to see why Photobucket sits at the top of the heap as number 1.

One Photobucket strength is the ease of integration with other social media sites, including Facebook and MySpace. With specific applications allowing you to embed slideshows on websites or post on forums, the list of convenient features goes on and on. Posting images on eBay, Craigslist or other like sites again is simple and no problem. You easily get the most out of your pictures when used with other sites.

Mobile options used in Photobucket are definite attention getters. Upload pictures and access features on your smartphone and even view your albums, search, and share photos with business associates, family and friends. Imagine how useful this could be when trouble shooting a problem. Click a picture, upload it, call the office to download and get internal advice from fellow workers. How about that?

Easy to use

Photobucket is so easy to use. The interfaces make it real easy and the features are straightforward to manipulate. You can search for your pictures by selecting a specific category, watch videos, find images or view the most popular, most recent, even the most linked to sites.

Uploading as with everything else on this site, is a simple task be it a single image or a batch. From your computer, Email, FTP (pro subscribers) Windows XP Publisher, a web URL and mobile phone a few clicks and your image is on its way. You can even select your default image size and control resizing automatically. If you get stuck and need assistance, the online Help service is equal to everything else on this site.

With its huge variety of options, easy of use whether uploading, managing or sharing your images, Photobucket defines the photo sharing genre. Speaking of “easy”, its easy to see why they are number 1 in our list of top ten photo sharing sites.

Learn how to use photo sharing sites the right way and pretty soon you’ll be uploading and sharing your own famous art pictures for all to see!