Free Image Storage Online

Had a question about free image storage, here’s the answer.

I have a small group of 30 people that I am running through the basics of Online Marketing… Project one is “how to make your first $30 a month” without having to spend a cent. We are using Clickbank and Squidoo.

One student made $30 in the first week and is now tweaking his Squidoo page.

“JD… Can you recommend me a site to upload pictures so that they keep their original image name in the URL when I link them? The one I’m using at the moment (Tinypic) creates a new URL for it.”

You can upload images directly to Squidoo via Modules like “Text with BIG Picture” as your account does come with free storage, but I am assuming that you are trying to add an image directly into the main text module via HTML. Using code similar to the following…

<img src=”http://yourfreeimageserviceonline.com/YourImage.png” />

Before I move on, this might be a good time to go over some additional and recommended code variations.

The following - 2nd version - has you main targeted keyword in the file name broken up with hyphens.

<img src=”http://yourfreeimageserviceonline.com/your-keyword.png” />

The following - 3rd version - includes an alt tag which helps with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) if it includes your a keyphrase and still accurately describes the image (this is the text that pops up when your mouse hovers over the image or when the image fails to load). Lets say my keyphrase is “Free Image Storage”…

<img alt=”Free Image Storage” src=”http://yourfreeimageserviceonline.com/free-image-storage.png” />

So now, where can you store your images online, for free.

Eventually when your monthly income is stable and growing, you should consider getting an Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) account for just US$0.15 per Gig/Month, they also charge a minimal amount per bandwidth usage but it’s unlimited storage for all types of files (using the best and latest technology).

Free Image Storage Online

Free image hosting sites like Flickr do still mess up the URLs or at least, they don’t make it easy to call up the image from other sites.

The simplest service I have found for beginners is an offshoot of Google called Page Creator

Log in is universal via your Google Account, don’t bother about creating a page just yet… over on the right you will see a small blue box labeled “Uploaded stuff”

1. Click [upload]
2. Browse to ya picture…
It pays to have your keywords in your picture but at the same time it needs to be accurate to what the picture is.

3. The image name will now show up in the list, click on the file name
4. It will take you to the URL for that image
Copy the full address from your browser’s address bar.

You have 100MB of free storage here, they always has limitations but free image storage online is a great way to get started.

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