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Fotolog.com (originally Fotolog.net) is a web site for sharing pictures through online photo diaries or photoblogs. Its owners claim that it has registered users in 200 countries, hosting 200 million photos.〔 (PrimeNewswire ) ''Fotolog Surpasses 200 Million Photos Posted'', Feb 20, 2007〕 On August, 17th, 2007, French online advertising company HiMedia agreed to acquire Fotolog for 65,8 million euros (77% Hi Media stock, 23% cash). ==History== Launched in May 2002, the Fotolog site formerly generated over 3 billion page views, and received over 20 million unique visitors each month. In 2007, Fotolog.com was in the list of the top 20 busiest websites in the Alexa global site rankings.〔(Fotolog Reaches 7 Million Member Milestone, Alexa Top 20 ), March 28, 2007〕 Fotolog is a registered trademark of Fotolog, Inc., which is a privately held company backed by BV Capital, 3i and several individual investors. Fotolog headquarters were in New York City, prior to its acquisition by Hi-Media Group. The site had frequent technical problems during its growth. On December 10, 2005, the site stated that "Fotolog is currently able to accept 1,000 new free members from each country each day", up from 500 a day previously. According to Fotolog co-founder Scott Heiferman, upgrades had made the site much faster and as of November 16, 2005, Fotolog was generating 750 million pageviews a month.〔(Scott Heiferman's Daily Fotolog ), November 16, 2005〕 Originally, free members could not upload during peak hours, and only 500 people a day (per country) were allowed to register. In mid-2006, 10,000 people per day, per country were allowed to register, and on August 14, 2006, the limiting of daily registrations was removed. In 2005 Fotolog received an investment of 2.4 million dollars from BV Capital.〔(The Blog Herald ), ''Fotolog secured major investment from BV Capital,'' March 30, 2005.〕 In Spring 2006, a book of photographs from fotolog.com was published by the UK publisher Thames & Hudson titled ''fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot for the Digital Age''. Edited by Andrew Long and containing text contributions by Nick Currie, the book is organized in sections highlighting several themes that arose in the site's community of photographers and several individual photographers from some of the major cities and countries with many fotolog users. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fotolog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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