That's an impressive volume of area photos, Mike! I can really see the value of putting together sets that show the different models available for each neighborhood as well as amenities. Flickr is very high on my list of sites to get more involved with.

From Twitter, I've seen people like Teresa Boardman, Kristal Kraft, Jeff Turner, Bob Carney and Sarah Cooper really leverage Flickr as more than just a photo site. They take advantage of contacts, groups, and tagging and geocoding their pics, and that provides SEO and social networking benefits.

Hi Mike:

I have been using photobucket as a primary picture storage. I did try Flickr- but got to bogged down with it. I think there are many similar portals to store and display photos. Nice job with the slideshow!

John,

I can only imagine what Teresa, et al, are up to.  I am on "hiatus" on stuff until I corral some of the projects I am working on currently.  Too much open and unorganized things...  But I know that Flickr has a great platform for more benefits than I am tapping.

Thanks for chiming in...

Mott,

I also have Picasa, but somehow fell into using Flickr.  Can't remember how, but it seems to be working.

Thanks for coming by!

MIKE, Thanks for sharing!  So do you just keep a copy of the photos on flickr and delete them off of your computer.  I am getting bogged down with pictures on my computer.  My daughter is a flight attendant flying internationally and uses flickr to follow her trips with pictures.

Mike, I use photobucket also and haven't had the opportunity to check out Flickr.  I think it is work a try since you highly recommend it.

Marchel,

I probably have 5,000 photos on my hard drive.  It takes about 45 seconds for "My Pictures" to load.

All are backed up routinely, so I could probably delete them, but I access many of them regularly. 

And though I use Flickr, I wouldn't have it as my only photo archive. 

Ray,

I wouldn't knock Photobucket, as I know several people who are happy with it. 

Trying Flickr may not give the same results.  I seem to remember that the options that were added after they got my $24.95 greatly improved the Flickr experience.

We just stared using Flickr and love it.  I had been using webshots to upload but Flick is much easier to use... well worth the cost to upgrade.

Jesse and Kathy,

Flickr IS easy, isn't it?

Mike - I'm just using my harddrive and Picasa (as well as PhotoShop) right now, but I think I'm going to have to expand.  Maybe THAT'S why my computer keeps slowing down!

Penny,

Picasa does nice presentation, for free.  You can upload to the online folders automatically, too.  Again, I started using Flickr, for some forgotten reason.  How's that for a testimonial?  LOL  Works for me.

I've made some hard decisions on photos, and have thrown some out trying to help my hard drive, but most of them are keepers.

Mike, wow,  I do the professional account too and it is well worth the money. But, I had never thought about these suggestions. It sounds great, I'll experiment later. Thanks so much!

Missy,

I'm sure you do a great job with Flickr. 

And John Novak is spot on:  Flickr has a lot more to offer than I am using.

I created my first site. Thanks again.

Mike - I spent some time looking at Flickr this weekend -on the stat side, are people actually finding you through flickr or are you using it more for storage & organization?

Steve,

People have found me by gogling for Cary, NC, Images.

But, yes, most of my use tends to be organization, storage, and distribution.

I can use it more, and will be working on developing the potential better.