Flickr Who? Photobucket Leads Image Sites

Among websites that allow visitors to store and share photos, Photobucket snares almost 44 percent of the market share of Photo Sharing Sites. The Hitwise research firm doesn't even see post by Hitwise analyst LeeAnn Prescott. "In the SF tech bubble that I live in, most of the talk about photo sites has been centered on Flickr," wrote Prescott. "In fact, you could get the impression from most people I meet that Flickr is the ONLY site at which you can share and store photos." Yahoo! Photos, Webshots Community, and Kodakgallery.com all garnered bigger shares than Flickr. Hitwise's results led to a couple of commenters questioning the report and what was perceived as an "apples and oranges" comparison between image hosting and photo community sites. Prescott defended the Hitwise methodology, and noted that both Flickr and Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.