Jun 23, 2008
Throughout the blogosphere we’ve all noted several times that images are used in a lot of blog posts and there are equally as many posts mentioning that we should use images within posts. Including my own post, 13 Ways to Grab Attention.
But finding the right images to use can be difficult when you’re conscious of copyright laws and what is considered fair use.
So with this post, I’ll detail for you 4 ways to find images that you can use within your blog posts. But do keep in mind that with these sources, you need to consider the terms in which you use them.
123 Royalty Free
This is by far one of my favorite places to get images for posts. There’s a huge variety of images to choose from including a great selection of free images that are perfect for blog posts. Of course there’s also the ability to purchase stock credits that will enable you to pick up different size images and use them for other purposes.
iStockphoto
iStock is a slightly more expensive means for getting images. However they do have really awesome quality images for blog designs as well as a free photograph per week and a free vector image per month. So just registering for a membership will enable you to pick up some free stuff!
Flickr
With Flickr you can search for images to use for your blog posts based on the type of license the photographer attaches to the images. And all of the images that you’ll find are free but make sure that you credit the photographer of the images you do use with a link back to their Flickr account.
Google Image Search
Using Google is slightly more complicated as you’ll need to figure out the license of the images you do find. However a lot of the images that do come up are from blogs which makes it easier if the blogger has given proper credit to the original photographer.
These methods have been so effective for me in finding the right images to use that they’re all the sources that I have. There hasn’t been a single case yet where I couldn’t find the right image to use for any number of blog posts and niche blogs. So have a look.
Do you have any sources for blog images that you can share with us?
(Via ImBloggingThat)
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