I want to post my MLB road trip pictures online and found out that Yahoo! Photos is closing, and all users must decide what to do with their pictures before September 20, 2007 at 9am PDT.The options are:

1. Move your photos: Select from among the photo sharing services offered (Flickr, Shutterfly, Snapfish, and Photobucket) and they will move the photos for you. Note: You can only move your photos to 1 service!
2. Download: Go to each photo and select “Download” above the photo.
3. Buy an archive CD

So I'm definitely going to move my photos - I already have my photos on my computer and also backed up on a second hard drive.
Flickr and Photobucket have storage and bandwidth limits on free accounts. Snapfish is run by HP, and as a Sun employee and loyalist, I'm not going there. So I chose Shutterfly, which is also free and unlimited.

I had to create a Shutterfly account, which is no big deal, and was given 15 free 4x6 prints and a free 20-page 8x8 story book. I got a welcome email from Shutterfly and a "Migration started" email within minutes. And two minutes later I got a "Migration completed" email.

I'm impressed by how smooth the transition went. I logged onto my new Shutterfly account and all of my pictures are in place and in the appropriate folders. It also preserved the filenames and descriptions for each album and picture. It didn't preserve Yahoo! specific features like ratings, comments, friends’ lists, or smart albums - not a big deal to me since I didn't use those anyways.

I'm also impressed with the Shutterfly interface. Its really easy to use and looks great and I'm happy with my choice. The only thing I'm upset about is that I think all of my links to my Yahoo! photos are now broken.
hmmph.