Personal or group photo experience

Another author has come up with their review of the differences between Picasaweb and Flickr. This is quite a deep review, by someone who is an experienced user of such services (and who has paid for the advanced versions of both).

The conclusion is that "Picasaweb is a personal experience and flickr is a group one". In looking for a way to share photos with their family, the author has decided to use Picasaweb, though notes that they still use flickr for other purposes.

The comments on this article are quite informative, and one summarises the difference as Picasweb is a "me" tool (where I share my personal photos for others to look at), whereas flickr is a "we" tool, (where groups of people can contribute photos and comments to family or other group albums). This author notes that they consider the paid for iPhoto flickr plugin that allows uploading to flickr to be a good investment.