Photo Web Hosting and the different variations available

There are a multitude of variations when it comes to photo web hosting. The type of hosting needed will depend on whether or not the website is for personal or commercial purposes, for example. A business website would need a more serious photo web hosting plan and probably significantly more memory and disk space on the server than a personal or family website.

Along with the different types of image hosting plans out there, there are also a ton of reasons why a person would need to host their photos on the web. One of those reasons could be to add a photo of yourself to your online profile. Many sites have the option to add a photo of yourself, including social networking sites like Myspace.com and Facebook.com, as well as discussion forums, article directories, dating sites, business networking sites, and more.

All of the above examples require photo web hosting or already have it. There are other variations of photo web hosting as well, such as image hosting for a business website or ongoing blog. Or even a church or non-profit organization of any kind. These examples again, would require more bandwidth, memory, and disk space than your average image web hosting plan.

There are websites that offer free hosting for your photos and only require you to link to them from their website. Other websites may require you to place ads on their site or photo page, so they can continue to collect ad revenue from your photos, which are hosted for free!

Often there are restrictions on the content of photos that are hosted for free. Not only can the memory and size of each photo be limited, but the images themselves may be unacceptable due to offensive material, pornography, racist or hateful photography, or anything morally and ethically disapproved.

Apart from the restrictions and limitations, there are hundreds of millions of people uploading photos to the web every day and downloading photos as well.