Want to display thumbnails/previews of any website in your website? There are many online thumbnail generators which offers that service for free. Which means, you don’t have to use your favorite image editor re-size the screenshot of the webpage and upload it in the web. This can also help you in making sure that the thumbnails are also updated with any change in the target site.
Listed few which offers this service.
Picoshots
Format : http://image.picoshot.com/thumbnail.php?url=[url]
Sample
* No registrations required to display the thumbnails through PicoShots
Websnapr
Format 1 : http://images.websnapr.com/?url=[url]
Format 2 : http://images.websnapr.com/?size=[Size]&key=[Your_Key]&url=[url]
[Size] = T (92×70 pixels) /S (202×152 pixels)
* You need to register in Websnapr site to obtain your DeveloperKey
Sample
ShrinkTheWeb
Format: http://www.shrinktheweb.com/xino.php?embed=1&stwu=5e4c4&STWAccessKeyId=[Your_Key]&Size=[Size]&stwUrl=[url]
* [Size]=sm/lg/xlg
* You need to register in ShrinkToWeb site to obtain your AcessKeyId
Sample
Thumbalizr
Format: http://api.thumbalizr.com/?url=[url]
Sample
Thumbshots
Format: http://open.thumbshots.org/image.aspx?url=[url]
Sample
Note: Some of the thumbnails might not be displayed properly due to the large queue being serviced. Reload might help sometime.
