Best photo manager / organiser

over the years I've gathered a lot of pictures and they're spread out over multiple hard disks, external drives, etc. I've tried a couple of programs to sort them out but there isn't one that fits all my needs.

What I would like is a program that I can use to sort all my pictures by date, move them into folders named by date (and camera if possible), geotagging and facial tagging would be an added bonus.

I used Olympus ib to batch correct the date but leave the timestamp intact. Unfortunately it doesn't add the geotag or face tag to the metadata or move the physical location of the file. It's also very slow. Also tried Windows Photo Gallery but didn't like the interface nor does it do everything I want.

I tried a couple other ones that were worse and not worth mentioning. Picasa is next on my list to try. Photoshop Elements also caught my eye but I was wondering what other people use before I spend the cash on that.

What do you use?

Lightroom! The keywording, smart collection sets, etc make for great organisation, and of coruse you get an integrated editor

Version 4 has added geotagging.

Try ACDSEE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A TRIAL HERE:link

What is this like please?

It's very good for organising your photos and also a good editor that's easy to use.
Just download a trial of the latest version here:link and try it out for 30 days free.