Fortunately I have my own domain and hosting service so I load photos there.
I do too, but the downside of that is that the storage and bandwidth have to be paid for.
Photobucket is free but I agree the excessive advertising is becoming a real pain. I've also had a slightly worrying email from them recently suggesting that I back up my pictures, my fear is that they are about to go the way of ImageShack and become a paid for service only.
~iw
