‫So while we're on the topic of copyright infringement I just wanted to give you guys a few tips to help
‫you best protect your images from getting stolen and because images are so often copied by users especially
‫you know in google image search as it's easy I'm even doing it right now although I'm not really you
‫know infringing on anything you guys can see exactly where this image came from and I'm not using it
‫in any text or print or anything like that.
‫But you know Google uses many different signals to identify the original source of the image and you
‫can help them by providing them with as much information as you can and optimizing helps them do that.
‫So the information that you give about an image will tell them about its content in the subject matter
‫and webmasters often gets concerned about you know the an authorized use of their images.
‫And if you prevent users from using your images on your site or linking to your images you can actually
‫prevent people from using your bandwidth.
‫But you may also be limiting the potential audience that your images have and that reduces their discoverability
‫in the search engine.
‫So you know if you limit people from you like clicking on your images that is actually reducing the
‫engagement rate with them.
‫So in a way Google doesn't really mind if people you know borrow your photos or they copy your photos.
‫But what does matter is if they're giving attribution to the photographer and the original source and
‫that's really where the infringement part would come.
‫So one solution is to allow other people to use your images but to require an attribution or a link
‫back to your own site.
‫And there are several ways that you can do this.
‫For example you could make your images available under a license that requires attribution.
‫So as you know a Creative Commons license or something like that.
‫And that's what a lot of photographers do.
‫Also you could provide an age TMLC that other people can use to embed your image on their site with
‫an attribution link.
‫And that snippet can both include the link to the image even to the source on the page or you know to
‫the actual original source on your Web site.
‫So that can work as well.
‫And similarly Some people will add copyright text or watermarks or other information to their images
‫depending on you know how much time they spent creating that image this kind of information won't impact
‫the images performance and the search engines.
‫And it also helps photographers claim credit for their work and deter unknown usage.
‫However if such features as watermarks reduces the user perceived you know perceived quality like if
‫if it hinders people from interacting with that image or even the images thumbnail then users may actually
‫click on the image less so you want if you are going to use something like a watermark if you want it
‫to be very unassuming.
‫You maybe put it in the corner or someplace where it's there but it's not so obstructive that you're
‫going to reduce your click through rates.
‫And also just doesn't know if you don't want search engines to crawl in index or images if you know
‫there's particular images that you don't want them to index.
‫Then use a robot's text file to block access to those particular images.
‫And occasionally you may have found someone that you know took an image of yours you know from your
‫site and they're using it without proper credit.
‫You can always do an automated reverse search you know using google image search to reverse and use
‫reverse image search to find out where the images is being used at online.
‫You could also use a search tool known as imagery.
‫And that will help show you other sources where your image is being used on line.
‫And you would simply just add your images to the catalog and then it will alert you any time that another
‫site uses your image.
‫And if that site hasn't given you proper credit then you can just get in touch with them and ask them
‫to do so.
‫But you know don't be a jerk about it because most of the time a lot of these things are just done accidentally.
‫People don't always know that they were supposed to give attribution or even where the original image
‫came from.
‫You know especially they're using Google to find their images.
‫So don't be a jerk just go hey I saw that you were using my image on your website.
‫I would just really appreciate it if you gave an attribution.
‫Otherwise I ask that you remove it and replace the image right.
‫That's very simple very easy that doesn't require a law and there's no reason to get upset.
‫So those are just some tips to help you keep your images your your own and to make the most of your
‫assets while staying safe.
‫And you know doing your best to keep your own intellectual property in your copyrights your own.
‫So that's that's it in about a nutshell.
‫I don't really have too much else that I want to say about that so if you do have any questions you
‫can always contact me at any time and I'll get back to you as soon as I possibly can.