Yogile - Impossibly Easy Photo Sharing

Yogile is a new photo sharing service that makes it incredibly easy to share images privately and within groups.

While established photo sharing sites already exist, Yogile is different because it lets multiple people contribute with ease. Once you create an album, you get a customizable URL and e-mail address to share with anyone who wants to add photos, either as e-mail attachments or uploads through the site. There’s no need for these users to register, keeping the process simple and hassle-free.

Take a wedding, for example. Dozens of attendees take their own photos, all from different cameras and angles. While you might try asking everyone for their shots afterward, Yogile offers a smart alternative.

I registered and set up a simple public photo album in about 5 minutes.  The execution of the site is quite elegant.   Its easy to add descriptions and titles.  I like the ability to email photos to my custom email yogile account - just like Posterous does.  I see a reference to an RSS feed in the html source - so there is probably away to tap into the feed.  The Yogile domain doesnt have a lot of indexed pages - and ones I see dont seem to have good meta descriptions.  And Id love to see some personal information in the html titles - so that Google picks it up.  Photos are a great way to spread your personal brand - especially if it is tagged well and has a story.  Join the fun at Yogile.com

Photofunia - Amazing and Free Online Photo Editing

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Photofunia is another free online photo editing site.  What is remarkable is not just the array of effects - but the use of face recognition technology.   Photofunia can extract a face from a photo image and then super-impose it into different situations - as putting your mug on a billboard.  I had crazy fun just playing with it.   I imposed my wife's face onto Lulu the dancing girl.  Give it a whirl at http://Photofunia.com

Phixr - Free Online Photo Editing

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Looks like a pretty useful tool for someone who doesnt have photoshop.  Phixr is not a photo gallery and doesnt store or show your photos - and your uploads are deleted after a short period.  Photos are only deleted if they are "idle" for 6 hours, never while you work with them (for registered users the period is 12 hours). Essentially - it lets you add features and effects to your uploaded photo.  Go to  http://phixr.com to signup.