iMGSRC.RU
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Type of site | photo/and media networking |
|---|---|
| Available in | English Russian |
| Website | imgsrc |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
iMGSRC.RU is one of the first Web 2.0 photo hosting sites, operating since 2006. It allows users to store an unlimited number of digital images and albums at no charge.
As of February 2023, the service had over 75 million user-uploaded images and about 1.4 million registered users.
The average monthly attendance of the service is about 13 million unique users per month.[1]
According to the SimilarWeb portal for March 2023, the iMGSRC.RU service is in the top ten photo sites [2] along with flickr.com, shutterstock.com and gettyimages.com.
Since its start iMGSRC.RU users could upload images from their mobile devices even before the smartphones emerged via MMS.
As of March 2023 iMGSRC.RU is a number one Photography site according to Ramblers' Top-100.[3]
Throughout its history iMGSRC.RU was featured in several reviews.[4][5][6][7][8]
Links from personal iMGSRC.RU accounts is often used for Internet forums, embedding on blogs and distribution in social networks.
Name[edit]
In February 1993 Marc Andreessen proposed the introduction of the “IMG” tag for HTML in an email thread Andreessen wrote: "I’d like to propose a new, optional HTML tag: IMG. Required argument is SRC="url".[9]
So iMGSRC.RU's name comes from HTML tag <IMG> which has an SRC attribute to display images.
History[edit]
1 January 2006 service went public.
6 February 2006 service introduces uploads via MMS (deprecated).
3 March 2006 service skins announced (deprecated 13 August 2012).
17 May 2006 Windows client announced (deprecated 18 July 2017).
23 August 2006 English translation announced.
6 March 2008 keyboard notifications introduced.
28 March 2008 first 100,000 users registered and first 8 million photos uploaded.
14 March 2009 Windows client is now available in English.
30 April 2009 Download complete albums as .ZIP archive (deprecated).
9 September 2009 Updated image keep limit to 1024x768.
30 November 2009 Service achieved 200,000 users and 16 million photos.
2 October 2010 20 million photos uploaded.
4 April 2011 Trophies (Achievements) introduced.
28 September 2011 25 million unique photos uploaded.
5 January 2012 accident occurred on iMGSRC.RU storage leading to some photos being lost. [10]
9 October 2012 30 million photos.
30 March 2016 800,000 users.
20 January 2020 Updated image keep limit to 1600x1200.
22 October 2022 Best of the best list introduced.
30 January 2023 75 million photos uploaded. [11]
20 February 2023 Updated image keep limit to 12Mp (4000x3000).
Features[edit]
iMGSRC.RU does not limit the storage time of images, but limits users when uploading up to 300 files per upload with a maximum file size of 20 MB. If the user is not verified, they can only store 10 GB of original files before they are modified and recompressed. Users can add tags to their albums for grouping, and restrict access with password protection. iMGSRC.RU does not have a private messaging system and allows communication between users only through comments.
Criticism and controversy[edit]
The service has a fairly strict moderation system for content uploaded by users. However, the site is still under fire for its 2014 story, when two people were arrested for posting sexually explicit photographs.[12]
Also 8 July 2021 RKN (Roskomnadzor) blocked access to iMGSRC.RU in Russia.
One month later, 9 August 2021, Roskomnadzor unblocked iMGSRC.RU.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Info from Similarweb.com
- ↑ Info from Similarweb.com
- ↑ stat.top100.rambler.ru
- ↑ Computer press «Looking for photo hosting»
- ↑ 3DNews Daily Digital Digest «Overview of popular photo hosting services»
- ↑ seoslim.ru «The best free photo hosting - TOP 10»
- ↑ JAT «11 Sites Like iMGSRC»
- ↑ Seomadtech «12 Best iMGSRC Alternatives»
- ↑ Mark Pilgrim's book "Dive Into HTML5"
- ↑ Livejournal iMGSRC Server crash and consequences
- ↑ Medium.com
- ↑ Reference.com What Is IMGSRC?
External links[edit]
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