Fotolog Press Release

Founded in 2002 as way for a small group of friends to share photos, Fotolog now has more than 2 million members in 200 countries. To meet the increased demand, Fotolog implemented a major hardware upgrade and code overhaul over the past few months that has greatly enhanced the Fotolog experience. If you haven’t visited Fotolog in a while, the first thing you’ll notice is speed – the site is now averaging less than 2.5 seconds for page delivery and 230,000 photo uploads daily (vs. 180,000 in November).

Other new features you should keep an eye out for:

* New photo archives
Currently in Beta testing, Fotolog’s new photo archive system posts past photos in a new, user-friendly monthly calendar that lets members easily jump to and find photos from a particular year, month, or day. Fotolog’s previous archive system listed only 20 photos -at-a-time on a plain white page with no dates.  (See sample of the new photo archive here http://www.fotolog.com/all_photos.html?user=sandman44)

* Friends/Favorites updates in real-time
The Friends/Favorites list in the right-hand column of every photo blog features a thumbnail image from each of your favorite sites. Improvements to Fotolog now ensure that when someone on your Friends/Favorites list posts a new photo, you’ll see the thumbnail image updated on your list in real-time.

* Easier upload via email
A new and improved upload by email functionality is now in place, making it a snap for members to send and post photos remotely from camera phones.

* Expanded Gold Camera member benefits
Gold Camera memberships ($5 per month) allow members to post 5 photos per day (vs. 1 for general members) and receive up to 100 comments on their photos (vs 10). Several new features make Gold Camera membership even more valuable, including a “My Stats” tool and the ability to create custom title images/mastheads for photoblogs (See: the “Get in My Belly” title banner at Fotolog founder Adam Seifer’s blog here: www.fotolog.com/cypher.)

* A New URL
Fotolog’s official home on the web is now www.fotolog.com. Fotolog had previously lived at www.fotolog.net.

* New logo
Finally, Fotolog boasts a simple, sharp new logo - an empty picture frame – symbolizing the infinite photos and images that the frame can be filled with.

In the coming few months, Fotolog will be unveiling even more new features, including improved geographical directories, enhanced user search, and new Group Photo Blog management functions.