And very positive press and blog reviews

InfoWeek: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700255

Independent musicians may find eSnips particularly appealing because it allows them create customized music-playing widgets that can be embedded in any Web site to promote and sell their songs.

eSnips is divided into specific vertical communities, including Karaoke, DJs, Photography, Painting, Video, Spiritual, Poetry, Humor, Paranormal, and Marketplace, to name a few.

"This is a way of addressing the 'Long Tail' in terms of providing users with their own portals," says Elish.

CNET Webware: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9692522-2.html?tag=blog

We covered eSnips last year and noted its similarity to social bookmarking site Del.icio.us mixed with content hosting like you'd find on social networking sites. Since then, eSnips claims to have grown to a user base of more than 1.5 million registered users, which is more than Del.icio.us in less than a third of the time. The company also added 'Micro-Portals' in November, which are themed community pages that aggregate some of the site's most popular content. Photography, for example, gets its own Micro-Portal featuring popular or interesting photos from eSnips users. The same goes for poetry, painting, and now music.

I liked Josh's observation on the eSnips toolbar, which is really one of the most useful features of the service and that I never get to write about: 

I usually don't get excited about toolbars, but this one has a neat feature that lets you take really slick looking screenshots of whatever Web page you're looking at, to share with others. Other social bookmarking tools rely on users or the site's feed to fill in aspects like the title and the description; but with the toolbar, you can just take a shot of it and post it to your eSnips profile, without having to log in or even touch your keyboard.

Mashable:  http://mashable.com/2007/03/01/esnips-music-widgets-for-myspace/

eSnips is like Photobucket meets YouTube meets Webshots and everything else in between. The model works, with users hosting and syndicating their media all over the web. At least for now, eSnips seems to be less reliant on copyrighted media than its competitors (YouTube, Imeem etc), and perhaps less dependent on the social networks for traffic.

Start-Up Squad: http://startupsquad.com/2007/03/01/esnips-launches-music-widgets-2/

We even made it to.... Fashion Tribes yey! http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/main/2007/03/share_your_pass.html

Share Your Passion for Music or Whatever You Love with Other Likeminded Fans on the Hot New Social Content-Sharing Site, eSnips.com. FASHIONTRIBES MUSIC BLOG

Comments

[Saipan Writer]

E-snips is allowing its users to violate copyright laws with rampant disregard by uploading e-books for file-sharing.

This hurts the authors and writers who hope to be published because it makes it less profitable. And it's theft.

Esnips needs to educate its users and take a more active role in preventing illegal uploads. Or else you're are just as criminal as the people stealing others work and "sharing" it. You are receiving stolen property and passing it on.

Esnips is the "fence."

It would help if you had a certificate that every user must sign every time they upload a file that they created the document being uploaded. If they didn't, you might require proof of permission to "share" that file.

[YaelElish]

Saipan:

I am sorry to hear you feel this way about our site, a site that was created, and is primarily used as a means for individual creators to express, share and promote their original works and creations.
I believe we are one of the few sites that does apply a VERY strict policty and remove immediately materials as soon as we receive notices. But according to the law and in respect of other's copyrights and freedom of expression we need to be notified on infringements. As I pointed out in a response to a similar comment here: http://esnips.blogs.com/about_esnips_/2007/02/creating_a_play.html#comments

We have no control over what people upload, and can't censor material. we can however remove content if we receive a notice, and we do so. We have already disabled and will continue to disable repeat infringers.

I agree with your point about putting more effort in eudcating the users. We plan to do more in this front.

[keke]

haha

[jt]

I have to agree with the above comments. It's not hard to find many copyrighted books on your site. For those that create content this makes it increasingly tough as there is little money in writing for most authors as it is. Your site makes it easy for individuals to upload and steal others work. You are doing nothing about this. That make you just as guilty. Finally, your process to report copyrighted work makes it a hurdle for the writer to jump through to get the material removed.