Archive for May, 2009
May 30th, 2009 | 
Author: Why TwitSnaps, when there are many other photo share applications to choose from? Why TwitSnaps, when an established competitor is already around? Good questions, and we have the answers ready 
Take a look at the comparison report that we compiled and pasted below. It shows why we are ahead of our established competitor. No prizes for guessing who this “established competitor” is 
| Parameter | TwitSnaps | Competitor 1 |
| Homepage | Most recently uploaded photograph gets prime time space on homepage. | Shows a number of recently uploaded photographs as thumbnails on homepage. |
| Popularity | “Hall of Fame” section lists the most popular photographs on TwitSnaps. | Shows no list of photographs based on views. |
| Short url | Uses its own url shortening service to save characters for tweets. | No url shortening service. |
| Zoom | Zoom function gives amazing, magnified view of images. | No zoom function. |
| Rotate and Save | Photos can be rotated and saved in proper orientation. | Rotated photos cannot be saved in proper orientation. |
| Watermark | Allows users to put a watermark over their photographs | No watermark option |
| Permalink | Permalink can be added to the description on your photographs. | No permalink can be added. |
| Profile page | Users gets unique twitsnaps.com/username profile page | Users do not get a similar profile page. |
| Size | Photos as large as 10 MB can be uploaded. | Size limit is 4 MB. |
| Retweet | Allows Retweet of photos | No Retweet function available. |
| Visitors | Shows recent visitors of your photographs | Does not show recent visitors. |
| Rating | Photos can be rated by users. | No rating system |
| Search | Search by keyword, search by person | No search utility available |
| Sort | Allows sorting of photographs based on date and number of views. | No sorting can be done. |
| Profile information | Profile snippet shows number of photos uploaded and total views. | No profile snippet. |
| User comments | User comments can be moderated. | User comments cannot be moderated. |
| Description | Description on photographs can be edited. | Description cannot be edited, once photo is uploaded. |
| Public timeline | View as many uploaded photographs as you want to. | Users can view only 30 photographs. |
| Twitter feed | Homepage captures and shows Twitter feed for photo related hashtags. | No Twitter feed on homepage for hashtags. |
| Traverse | Allows traversing from one photograph to another through “Previous” and “Next” links. | No traversing allowed. |
| Title | A unique title can be added to each photograph. | No title can be added. |
| Full size view | Description and title of photographs retained even in full size. | Description not shown in full size, and no title exists. |
| Advertisement | No advertisements | Shows advertisements |
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TwitSnaps is growing. Yes, the game has begun. We are getting lots of favorable comments from our users. We opted for a soft launch on May 12, but the response so far has been remarkable, and beyond our expectations.
We loved it when we reached 100 users within days of our launch. We loved it when Robert Scobleizer gave us a shout on Twitter. And we loved it when our competitors started following us!
It was important for the TwitSnaps team. “We are on the right track”, said @Simarp, the kewl dude who runs the show at TwitSnaps.com “But we have lots of ground to cover”, he continued in his resounding voice. (Psst..don’t tell him, but he’s a difficult guy to please!)
Yes, we have lots of ground to cover. It’s the right time for us to build on our initial success, and leave other players in the Twitter photo space far behind.
We like to compete and win. But at the end of the day, what matters to us most is -”You”. Yes, if you love TwitSnaps.com as much as we love you, it would be the beginning of a wonderful relationship. So hop on, enjoy our service, and share some great snaps!
We are close to the official launch of our killer Twitter application- TwitSnaps.com It’s just a matter of time now before we start getting the word around. If you are already on TwitSnaps, great! If you are not, you are definitely missing something great. Hold on tight, we are almost there
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