Photobucket hosted the images that people hot-linked into MySpace profiles, forum signatures and eBay listings. In 2010 it was one of the most-visited image hosts in the United States, quietly carrying a huge share of the visual web.
- Domain in 2010
- photobucket.com
- Launched
- 2003
- Founders
- Alex Welch, Darren Crystal
- Owner in 2010
- Ontela (merged 2009)
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Uploading images to embed elsewhere
- Storing MySpace graphics and forum signatures
Interface characteristics
- Album grid with direct-link and HTML-code boxes under each image
- Blue branding with heavy ads
Notable features
- Direct links and IMG codes for forums
- Slideshow widgets
What happened later
Photobucket broke millions of embedded images in 2017 when it began charging for third-party hosting.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
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