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1. What is Photobird.com?
Photobird.com is a website that makes it easy to share your digital photos with your own easy to use online photo album. We provide storage space for your photos along with a simple, attractive photo album design that makes it easy to make photo albums, add your photos, view your photos, and share your photos. No computer programming is required to use Photobird.com. Simply add your photos and enjoy!
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Click the photos on our Look at Pictures page to see customers' photo albums. If your photo is featured on the Look at Pictures page, you get an extra 50MB of storage for each photo. For more details, read about the Photo of the Hour.
Refer your friends to Photobird.com and for each new customer you refer, you receive 250MB extra storage space, a $10 Photobird.com credit, or a $10 Amazon.com gift certificate. Read about our Tell-a-Friend referral program for more details.
Learn more about Using Photobird.com and Ordering Subscriptions.
"Photobird" and the pelican logo are registered trademarks of Photobird, LLC.
PLEASE NOTE: We are currently offering a 50% discount on yearly subscriptions until
September 30 2008. Purchase a yearly subscription before September 30 2008 and you'll receive your first 12 months of storage space for your photos for only $24.95. Order a subscription, see Ordering Subscriptions in our Help section, or contact us for details.
2. What services does Photobird.com offer?
First, Photobird.com makes it easy for you to create well-designed, easy-to-use photo albums on the web, which you can use to share your photos with friends and family around the world. Through this photo sharing service, we provide you with at least 500 megabytes of storage space for your photos. You purchase this space on a subscription basis, for less than $5 per month. You can see some sample photo albums by clicking on the photos on the Look at Pictures page. More information about Photobird.com photo albums can be found on the Using Photobird.com and Ordering a Subscription help pages.
Secondly, we offer the Photobird Learning Center, which provides you with the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer's Guide, digital photography how-to articles, digital camera reviews, news, discussion forums, and more in an easy to read design. The Photobird Learning Center is updated on a regular basis, and you can sign up for the free newsletter, which will alert you by e-mail when there is new content available.
Also, be sure to enter our free photo contest, with great prizes, including a Photobird account. Your friends can even vote for you!
Our success is tied to your success: We want you to have more fun and learn more about photography so that you can share your photographs and your experiences with others on Photobird.com.
3. What are the benefits to using Photobird.com? Why should I subscribe?
Photobird.com is ultimately designed with you, the consumer, in mind. Throughout the development process, we have focused on how to help you leverage the untapped power and potential of the Internet to share your photos with others -- without the difficulty that usually comes with using the Internet. We are committed to ensuring that your experience on Photobird.com is one of the best on the Internet.
Please see the Share your photos page for a comprehensive list of the dozens of features available to you.
For an overview of Photobird.com site navigation, we have a site map available.
4. Why should I use Photobird.com instead of e-mailing photos to my friends and family?
For these 5 reasons:
 Less hassle: When you want to share your photos, you only need to send a link, instead of spending lots of time e-mailing the same photos every time you want to send them. And your friends and family can select which photos they want to see, instead of waiting for them all to download.
Faster: Photobird.com automatically creates smaller, web-ready versions of your photos when you add them to your albums, so your photos will be displayed quicker when people view them. Also, some computers may be too slow to see your large, original-sized photos, so the smaller, resized photos help there too. (By the way, when we resize your photos, your original photo is still available.)
Easy-to-use: We make it easy to view collections of photos: just click the Next button. Your friends and family don't need to download large photos and then find a computer program to view them. Also, we make smaller versions of your photos so they're easy to see on most computer monitors. If you e-mailed your photos as is, they may be too large to fit on your friends' and family's computer monitors.
Convenient: Your photos are always available. Your friends don't need to wait for you to find the time to e-mail your photos to them. Your friends also don't need to make room on their computers to see your photos; Photobird.com and your web browser will make it easy for your friends and family to view your photos.
More fun: If you wish, your friends and family can post comments about your photos. Your Photobird.com photo album is like having your own personal website!
5. What new features will you be incorporating in the future?
We have lots and lots of ideas for new, unique features, products, and services. We will continue to introduce them to you over time; our goal is to introduce several new features each year. New products and services will definitely keep us busy for the next few years. We really want to hear what you want though, so please send us your feedback.
In the next few months, you will see these new features:
Slideshows of your photos
More easy ways to add photos to your albums
Professional-quality prints - Print your photos on professional-quality photographic paper and have them mailed to you
and more exciting features we're keeping a secret for now...
6. Will these new features be free for existing subscribers?
Yes. We expect that subscribers with either monthly or yearly subscriptions will be able to use these features without any additional cost to their subscription.
7. What technology is the site running on?
Simply because something is easy-to-use doesn't mean that you should sacrifice power and performance. Photobird.com is fully committed to delivering the highest quality systems and service to you. We have built the highest performance systems on the most efficient Internet infrastructure to deliver the best experience to you.
Our systems feature:
128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) data encryption, using GeoTrust patent-pending technology
Servers running on the Unix operating system, industry-renowned for its stability and security
Photo and data storage using RAID technology to provide you with multiple levels of data protection
Heavily guarded servers, located behind multiple hardware and software firewalls
100% fiber optic, Cisco-powered network
Multiple gigabit data connections to the Internet backbone via non-blocking OC48 pipe
Fully redundant power via multiple diesel generators and battery backup uninterruptible power supply systems
Daily data backups
8. Where is Photobird.com located?
Photobird.com headquarters are in San Francisco, the city with the most photographed object in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. Engineering is located in sunny Santa Barbara, California.
9. What kinds of strategic partnerships are you involved in?
To deliver the highest quality products and services, Photobird.com has teamed with internationally renowned designers to create one of the best experiences on the web. We are fortunate to be also working with highly acclaimed system engineers and developers.
We are looking forward to working with other businesses that deliver high-quality products and services.
10. Is Photobird.com hiring?
We are currently looking to fill the following positions:
- Digital camera reviewer
- Blogger
- Perl developer
We are always looking for highly-skilled, creative people with whom we may be able to work in the future. Please send us your resume if you're interested in working with us.
11. Who is operating Photobird.com?
Photobird.com is a family-owned and operated business started by two brothers who understand the untapped power and potential of the Internet. We want you to come along for the ride, instead of being left behind. We were both on the Internet before the World Wide Web became popular and before most people knew what e-mail was. We believe that the basic functions on the Internet are too difficult to use, and we want to make them easier for you.
12. Does the pelican have a name?
Pelican Pete was created because we believe that the Internet should be more approachable, and we wanted a character that would make your experience fun, as well as productive. We hope that Pelican Pete will be able to develop his skills and increase his responsibilities over time, beyond his current role of hanging out in the upper left corner of the website.
13. What kinds of articles do you have in the Photobird.com Learning Center?
Photobird.com primarily covers digital photography how-to articles, along with informative and useful news announcements and reviews of digital cameras and accessories. We want you to have access to the leading edge of digital photography, whether you are a professional photographer, or just want beautiful pictures of your baby. We continue to develop and fine-tune the assortment of content in the Photobird Learning Center as we improve our understanding of what you like best. If you see something you really like, or have something specific you'd like to see more of, please let us know.
14. Do you have a free newsletter?
Yes, we have a free newsletter that is released periodically. You may sign up for our newsletter in the Learning Center and we promise not to disclose your e-mail address or personal information to any third-party.
15. What are others saying about Photobird?
See the list of comments from some of our customers.
16. Where can I find your Terms of Use agreement and Privacy Policy statement?
Here are the links for our Terms of Use agreement and our Privacy Policy statement.
Updated: 10 May 2007
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