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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

There are many free alternatives to photobucket, imgur (owned by Reddit), instagram (owned by Facebook) and Tumblr that allow linking to your images from anywhere on the Web, i.e. public access and are Google indexable/searchable.

The best, free (10 gigabyte site-wide; all Google resources for an individual domain], secure, reliable and long term hosting for images, videos, .pdf, spreadsheet and text are those offered by Google:

Google Sites
Sites does not display images or thumbnails directly. You can click on urls you provide (i.e. to locations in Groups, Blogger, Google+, Photos, Drive, etc.) or on items in a list. You upload your images and titles/filenames go into a list visitors click on to view or download them. You can also create subpages, offshoots of your main/home page, each with its own collection of viewable/downloadable image (or other) files.

Google Groups (you can attach images to posts)
Google Blogger (images in posts)

Google+
you can create collections of images, text posts, videos
can be linked to Google Drive, Google Photo, YouTube, Groups, Sites through URLs in posts or in "about" site infomation
more info on Collections
Google+ Collections allows users to start categorizing their posts, photos, and videos by topic
Introducing Google+ Collections, a new way to group your posts by topic
Introducing Google+ Collections, a new way to group your posts by topic

We've Got Your Backup
Every collection is a focused set of posts on a particular topic, providing an easy way for you to organize all the things you’re into. Each collection can be shared publicly, privately, or with a custom set of people. Once you create your first collection, your profile will display a new tab where other people can find and follow your collections.

Google Photos
Google Photos - All your photos organized and easy to find
[sounds like they offer unlimited free storage]
We've got your backup
Back up unlimited photos and videos for free, up to 16MP and 1080p HD. Access them from any phone, tablet, or computer on photos.google.com – your photos will be safe, secure, and always with you.

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Using all or some of these resources can provide considerable space for free hosting of images plus descriptive text.
Linking one to another is easy and effective. Start with a simple Google Site and direct visitors to collections hosted in other Google resources.
or create a free business page in Google+ and link outward from there.

There are other free options:

Ello, which is not for everyone. The image quality they deliver to visitors is almost unequalled online by any free hosting service

Flickr (now owned by Verizon), also Flickr Pro

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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com

https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared