ShrinkTheWeb.com - Free Website Thumbnail Generator

ShrinkTheWeb is a new service aimed at webmasters, which provides a free and powerful tool for generating and displaying website thumbnails of any website, on any website. This service claims to be more stable and efficient than existing sites that perform the same general function. ShrinkTheWeb also has ten dedicated servers for the site and plans to add more as need increases. While there is no charge for the basic service, users are required to create an account before using ShrinkTheWeb. You can capture a standard screenshot-style thumbnail by simply entering the desired site’s URL, or if you pay for a premium account, you have more options like specific screen capture or making a full-length thumbnail that shows the entire length of the page, from top to bottom. ShrinkTheWeb.com does not place a daily or monthly limit on how many thumbnails any user can generate, and provides a community forum for discussing tech support or uses for ShrinkTheWeb.

"ShrinkTheWeb is the most powerful, truly FREE website thumbnail provider… In other words, STW will allow any webmaster who wants to show a mini-screenshot of a website to show them using our free service."

The fact that this is a free service with no limits whatsoever on thumbnails will obviously make it much more appealing that sites that make you pay for the same service, or free sites that limit usage by unpaid members. For those who choose to be Pro members, the full-length thumbnail is a really neat feature that you do not see often.

ShrinkTheWeb does not currently capture flash elements on a page. Will this function be added later? How does the turnover time for receiving your thumbnail compare to this site’s competitors?