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Is Flickr owned by SmugMug?

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Is Flickr owned by SmugMug?

When in April of last year, the photo-hosting service SmugMug acquired the photo-hosting service Flickr from Verizon’s digital media subsidiary, SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill said he was committed to breathing new life into the service, calling it “core to the entire fabric of the Internet.”

Should I use SmugMug?

Cost-wise, SmugMug is reasonably priced if you sell regularly through it. Otherwise, it’s a bit high in cost. My overall recommendation is that SmugMug is a wonderful host for your site if you’re looking to create a portfolio site only. With low costs for the basic plan, you can have a website for under $50 per year!

What is the best website for photographers?

The best website builders for photographers in 2021

  • Squarespace. The best website builder for photographers overall.
  • Wix. The best cheap website builder for photographers.
  • Format. The best website builder made especially for photographers.
  • SmugMug. A great website builder for photographers who use Android.
  • Pixpa.
  • Shopify.
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What is the difference between Flickr and SmugMug?

SmugMug is ranked 3rd while Flickr is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose SmugMug is: By simply dragging and dropping various content blocks (such as menu, galleries, social buttons, text) around it’s possible to quickly and visually lay out the site. Customization options are context aware.

How does smugsmugmug work?

SmugMug automatically pulls photo metadata such as keywords, descriptions and captions, and inserts them in appropriate places in the webpage so that search engines can properly index them. If that information is not set before uploading, it can be added via back-end as well.

Is Flickr worth it for casual photos?

If you own a point and shoot camera and just take casual photos, Flickr is great. The 100mb limit for storage each month is more than enough for most people. In fact, since I’ve started using Flickr, Facebook has surpassed Flickr in the total number of photos stored.

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What’s the difference between Google Photos and Flickr?

While Google Photos and iCloud Photo Library allow you to select if you want to keep local copies of your photos, Flickr only allow you to view your photos online. Images can’t be more than 200MB a piece and each video can’t take up more than 1GB of space.