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Picapp.com – Because a picture’s worth

Picapp.comPicapp.com is a recently launched picture bank for bloggers.

The idea empowering the site is that bloggers belong to a more alternative, creative and ethical approach to information and comment, and thus deserve to have a tool allowing them to present pictures and highly focused graphic material while taking special attention to abide to copyright laws. Thus, what the site does is to encourage publishers and active bloggers (publishing 3+ articles weekly) to sign up as members (their application form and blog URL will be reviewed by the site’s team in order to determine whether they are eligible to join Picapp.com or not). The site hosts a database of images and stock photos that can be used for free, but the site presents no information on the amount of categories covered by the bank. Picapp.com gives users a profit for picture clicking not unlike pay-per-click systems; each photograph hides an ad that is somewhat related to the image users are viewing, and once you roll over it, the picture makes itself smaller and displays the advertising, and that is how the site generates it’s revenues.

Picapp.com In Their Own Words

“Working hand in hand with the world most prestigious content partners we have been noticing in the last 4 years that most of the visual content found online (when I say “most” I mean 90%!!) is some kind of a misuse or an infringement of copyright. The losses of potential revenues, for the professional content creators, was and still is huge. On the other hand, the need to use high end visual content online is just growing in exponential rates and online publishers need updated visual content to improve their readers experience. Does all this mean the battle for fair and legal use of content online is doomed? Is there no hope to enable publishers to “do the right thing” and still let content owners make a living so they can continue and create images that can make you smile or cry?”

Why Picapp.com It Might Be A Killer

Providing quality graphic content with a siding of revenue is always a good and interesting idea which is bound to take off any time shortly. The sole perspective of kissing goodbye hideous Adbrite pop-ups wannabes or massive Google ads is always enticing, plus having it replaced by cool and arty pictures is really a breakthrough, and makes Picapp.com a sure bet to become a killer startup.

Some Questions About Picapp.com

Professional graphic artists are regularly challenged by stock photos, in the sense that once you’ve seen one image bank it seems you have seen them all. By not allowing users to sneak a preview at the content they provide, the site might be shooing away a large audience. Can they reconsider presenting a small sample of images in the site in order to convince skeptic members-to-be? Picapp.com

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