Photobucket Enables Third Party Web Sites to Embed Instant Digital Media Search.Announces Launch of Photobucket Media Plug-in 2.0, Adding Media Search to the Company's Popular, Free Image and Video Plug-in PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Photobucket, the world's largest personal media site, today announced the launch of the Photobucket Media Plug-in 2.0, an enhanced version of its free image and video hosting plug-in, originally launched in June 2006. The Photobucket Media Plug-in offers an easy way for developers of Web sites to tap into Photobucket's vast collection of media assets. It allows users of participating Web sites to search for billions of publicly stored photos, videos and images from Photobucket's extensive library, and access their existing Photobucket media accounts - all without leaving partner sites. Since its launch in June 2006, the Photobucket Media Plug-in has been successfully deployed by hundreds of Web sites. The Photobucket Media Plug-in 2.0 will be available for partner Web sites before the end of June 2007. Each day more than 25 million searches are conducted across Photobucket's public library of photos, images and videos. Users of partner sites will now be able to search for that same content to upload and share more quickly to their own sites. Partner Web sites that embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. the Photobucket Media Plug-in benefit from having users spend more time on their sites, providing immediate access to Photobucket's extensive image and video library and offering Photobucket's rich digital media search to their users. "Photobucket revolutionized digital media sharing by enabling content to be linked to third party sites," said Alex Welch Welch , William Henry 1850-1934. American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Photobucket. "Adding search to Photobucket's Media Plug-in's instant image and video uploading features brings an extremely compelling service option for our partners. We've seen a tremendous surge in photo, image and video search, with users consistently coming back to look for the latest user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as to share with the world. Now, our partners can receive free digital media hosting and search, vastly improving their user experience and engagement." "RockYou is committed to working with companies that enhance the experience of our users," said Lance Tokuda, CEO and co-founder, RockYou. "Photobucket's Media Plug-in is yet another way to leverage our slide show offering and viral capabilities to provide RockYou users with a dynamic way to access Photobucket's library of images on their favorite RockYou slide show widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. ." Photobucket's Media Plug-in can enable any Web site's users access to media stored within their account on Photobucket. Integration is straightforward, and partners can customize colors, layouts, fonts and sizes so that the plug-in fits with each partner's Web site brand. Current leading Photobucket Media Plug-in partner sites include: CherryTAP, Freewebs, Gaia Online Gaia Online is an anime-themed forums-based website. Opened to the public on February 18, 2003<ref name="lanzerinterview1" /> by Gaia Interactive, Gaia first began as an "anime linklist with a small community,"[3] , LiveJournal, Piczo, RockYou, Slide, Tagged and others. For more information on Photobucket's Media Plug-in 2.0 or for instructions on how partners can integrate Media Plug-in 2.0 onto their site, email bizdev@photobucket.com. About Photobucket Photobucket is the Web's most popular creative hub, with more than 44 million users linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of Web sites, including: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger (1) A person who writes Weblogs. See blog. (2) (Blogger) A Web site launched in 1999 from Pyra Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.blogger.com) that provides the tools for creating blogs (Weblogs). and Xanga. In addition to linking content, Photobucket users share their personal digital media by email, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , and mobile devices. Every day, over 7.5 million personal photos, graphics and videos are uploaded to Photobucket for sharing with family, friends and the online world. The company actively moderates content to create a safe environment for its users, partners and advertisers. Photobucket has offices in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. and Denver, Colorado and is located online at http://photobucket.com. For the latest feature announcements and news, please visit the Photobucket blog blog, short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. at http://blog.photobucket.com. |
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