eSnips -Web 2.0 Expo’s Little Star

The upcoming Web 2.0 Expo, April 15 -18 2007 promises some fascinating news for all us 2.0 junkies. One of the startups there caught my eye this morning, so I thought I should tell you about eSnips.

eSnips is an online content sharing community where users have great flexibility of choice over the types and quantity of data they want to aggregate. The free 5 GB of space of storage space is generous and users also control who they share their content with. The variety of content sharing is perhaps eSnips' best asset and users are allowed to store text, photos, music, video, flash and other media types.

Users create folders filled with their selections and then decide who is allowed to view their information. eSnips is different because almost any kind of data can be stored and shared there. Anything from home movies to this article can be compiled at eSnips and shared with no one, some people or the entire Web.

This site is actually very flexible and users can create folders to store subject data, select favorites, create playlists of digital media and of course maintain a personal profile. The community aspect is varied and useful as well and some of the current communities include:

Karaoke - Where unashamed users can share their “Idol” incarnations

DJ's - A place for wannabe DJ's exhibit remixes

Photography - Photographers playground (Some actually striking stuff as I visit)

Painting - Art exhibition, currently with many wonderful examples

Video - High quality collection of user demonstrated video offerings

Spiritual - From George Michael to Crossing Jordan, everything spiritual

Poetry - Original poetic creations

Humor - Goofy video to lunatic photography exhibitions

Paranormal - UFO files and other strange offerings

Marketplace - A place to buy and sell “everything”

I have been wondering when someone would attempt to break ground on the perfect website. With some widgets and tools eSnips could be the most functional and useful sharing community we have seen. I know, pretty big praise for a beta site, but that is the point here. This site is still in beta and looks and functions better than some that have been out there a while.

We first reported on eSnips back when they raised funding in 2006. Obviously they spent the money well and now they are at the Web 2.0 Expo. eSnips has all the Web 2.0 hardware from blog to tool bar button. The site is a refined, excellent variant of a Web 2.0 community, so go tell them what's next!

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