Comments on: Increase Traffic by Choosing the Right Images for your Post http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/ WordPress Themes, Plugins, Hacks, Tutorials, and more! Thu, 24 May 2012 10:30:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: 5 easy ways to increase traffic to your website | Tutorials - SicanStudios http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-10579 5 easy ways to increase traffic to your website | Tutorials - SicanStudios Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:39 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-10579 [...] Using Post Images to Increase Traffic to Your Site 3 Ways To Increase Traffic With Better Food Photos Google Image Search Increase Blog Traffic Using images to increase traffic Increase Traffic by Choosing the Right Images for your Post [...] [...] Using Post Images to Increase Traffic to Your Site 3 Ways To Increase Traffic With Better Food Photos Google Image Search Increase Blog Traffic Using images to increase traffic Increase Traffic by Choosing the Right Images for your Post [...]

]]> By: Choosing Pictures For Your Blog | Swollen Thumb Entertainment http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-6329 Choosing Pictures For Your Blog | Swollen Thumb Entertainment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:28:23 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-6329 [...] Using Images to Take Your Posts to a New Level Choosing Images Increase Traffic by Choosing the Right Images for your Post [...] [...] Using Images to Take Your Posts to a New Level Choosing Images Increase Traffic by Choosing the Right Images for your Post [...]

]]> By: gayle http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1678 gayle Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:47:50 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1678 What you're describing above regarding the images is called image/bandwidth theft. It isn't enough to give credit or get permission from the owner of the image. The copyright issue is another issue. The premise of your post, and the biggest sin of all, is stealing the bandwidth from someone else. This is direct-linking, and it uses up someone else's bandwidth every time your page is accessed with the direct-linked image(s). Whenever someone uses my images, I find out by looking at the cPanel. I tell these people that they can use the image, with credit given, as long as they download it to their hard drive and upload it to their own server space, and NEVER use my bandwidth. Of course, since your SEO tactic calls for stealing bandwidth, your idea is close to being illegal --- it's unethical. You're basically teaching other people to "steal" bandwidth from other people. If you want to learn more, just plug the following keywords on Google: direct linking, image bandwidth theft, hotlinking What you’re describing above regarding the images is called image/bandwidth theft. It isn’t enough to give credit or get permission from the owner of the image. The copyright issue is another issue.

The premise of your post, and the biggest sin of all, is stealing the bandwidth from someone else. This is direct-linking, and it uses up someone else’s bandwidth every time your page is accessed with the direct-linked image(s).

Whenever someone uses my images, I find out by looking at the cPanel. I tell these people that they can use the image, with credit given, as long as they download it to their hard drive and upload it to their own server space, and NEVER use my bandwidth.

Of course, since your SEO tactic calls for stealing bandwidth, your idea is close to being illegal — it’s unethical.

You’re basically teaching other people to “steal” bandwidth from other people.

If you want to learn more, just plug the following keywords on Google: direct linking, image bandwidth theft, hotlinking

]]> By: Ultime dal fronte WordPress 16-2008: Sicurezza ed altro http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1675 Ultime dal fronte WordPress 16-2008: Sicurezza ed altro Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:52:00 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1675 [...] HackWordPress, un’interessante discussione su come scegliere le immagini giuste da mostrare nei post, e come creare un template di pagina per risparmiare [...] [...] HackWordPress, un’interessante discussione su come scegliere le immagini giuste da mostrare nei post, e come creare un template di pagina per risparmiare [...]

]]> By: WordPress Weekly News, 15-2008: security and much more http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1676 WordPress Weekly News, 15-2008: security and much more Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:51:39 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1676 [...] HackWordPress, an interesting discussion about how to choose the right images for your posts, and how to create a page [...] [...] HackWordPress, an interesting discussion about how to choose the right images for your posts, and how to create a page [...]

]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1674 Kyle Eslick Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:01:00 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1674 @ Herbert - Great post! I know it was written with the best intentions, so I'm glad you updated the post. As you can tell, I rarely use images so I wasn't aware of this stuff either. @ Herbert – Great post! I know it was written with the best intentions, so I’m glad you updated the post. As you can tell, I rarely use images so I wasn’t aware of this stuff either.

]]> By: Herbert Lui http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1673 Herbert Lui Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:56:49 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1673 Jeffro, thanks for confirming my observations - and I hope you can continue receiving traffic through image SEO. Was your image original, or did you find it somewhere else? Giving us ideas of how you made it so popular would be great. Jeffro, thanks for confirming my observations – and I hope you can continue receiving traffic through image SEO. Was your image original, or did you find it somewhere else? Giving us ideas of how you made it so popular would be great.

]]> By: Jeffro2pt0 http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1672 Jeffro2pt0 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:43:55 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1672 Good writeup. I can vouch for the claims that giving an image a good title with a good description can net you traffic. I saw this happen on an image I appended to a post which contained a large amount of Web 2.0 company logos all within one image. I named the image web2.0 logos and thats what brought me a large amount of traffic. I've also seen this happen on other images as well. Good writeup. I can vouch for the claims that giving an image a good title with a good description can net you traffic. I saw this happen on an image I appended to a post which contained a large amount of Web 2.0 company logos all within one image. I named the image web2.0 logos and thats what brought me a large amount of traffic. I’ve also seen this happen on other images as well.

]]> By: David Robertson http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1671 David Robertson Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:30:45 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1671 Herbert, Many thanks for making the correction. Cheers David Herbert,
Many thanks for making the correction.
Cheers
David

]]> By: Herbert Lui http://wphacks.com/increase-blog-traffic-with-images/#comment-1670 Herbert Lui Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:04:30 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=482#comment-1670 Troy, I think that could end up working quite well for you, as long as you've got a quality non-copyrighted image (for more information please read the revised post). DAVID, I want to thank you for pointing out what could've been hazardous. I checked Google's own FAQ about this (http://www.google.com/help/faq_images.html) and realized I've made a huge mistake. I apologize to everyone reading this for making such a mistake and sincerely hope no one gets in any trouble and have made the corrections as required. Thanks again, David. Troy, I think that could end up working quite well for you, as long as you’ve got a quality non-copyrighted image (for more information please read the revised post).

DAVID, I want to thank you for pointing out what could’ve been hazardous. I checked Google’s own FAQ about this (http://www.google.com/help/faq_images.html) and realized I’ve made a huge mistake. I apologize to everyone reading this for making such a mistake and sincerely hope no one gets in any trouble and have made the corrections as required. Thanks again, David.

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