no more google image search on VTP
i've requested google not to index my tennis photos anymore. from now on, apart from older pics which i expect not to go away for ages, they should not be showing my new pics in their image search. if anyone wants to see them, they will have to search for them here on my site.
it's not an easy decision to make... not long ago google image search had brought me a lot of traffic... but the last 18 months or so i have seen my site hits fall to a fraction of what they used to be. i guess i have to try something to stem the downward trend.
i have to admit that i had neglected the site somewhat, but what i had seriously neglected was the changing habits of photo searchers. not only do they use image search exclusively and just jump to individual pages if they must, some also use leeching services or tools to download the photos without even seeing the source web page.
as google allows this to happen, i'd rather have fewer people seeing my pics, than to have done the equivalent of uploading them all to a ubiquitous photo server without any claim to the photos. apart from the watermark and the copyright notice on the pics of course.. (haha you can't get away from them, can you???) though i've come across some so-called webmasters who don't seem to care!
i don't object to people seeing my pics, saving them, sharing them around privately, and so on. but i do like them to come to my website, be presented with the photos the way i prefer, read the copyright, and ask for permission if they want to use them publicly. if they want to donate by clicking on some ads, or even buying some cards, that's cool. it's simple and for most it's free. if even that is too much work and someone wants to harvest and digest images without any respect to those who take them, then i'm out of this game.
so now you know, if you don't see me around on google images any more.
it's not an easy decision to make... not long ago google image search had brought me a lot of traffic... but the last 18 months or so i have seen my site hits fall to a fraction of what they used to be. i guess i have to try something to stem the downward trend.
i have to admit that i had neglected the site somewhat, but what i had seriously neglected was the changing habits of photo searchers. not only do they use image search exclusively and just jump to individual pages if they must, some also use leeching services or tools to download the photos without even seeing the source web page.
as google allows this to happen, i'd rather have fewer people seeing my pics, than to have done the equivalent of uploading them all to a ubiquitous photo server without any claim to the photos. apart from the watermark and the copyright notice on the pics of course.. (haha you can't get away from them, can you???) though i've come across some so-called webmasters who don't seem to care!
i don't object to people seeing my pics, saving them, sharing them around privately, and so on. but i do like them to come to my website, be presented with the photos the way i prefer, read the copyright, and ask for permission if they want to use them publicly. if they want to donate by clicking on some ads, or even buying some cards, that's cool. it's simple and for most it's free. if even that is too much work and someone wants to harvest and digest images without any respect to those who take them, then i'm out of this game.
so now you know, if you don't see me around on google images any more.
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