Spice your blog posts with Royalty free Images
On March 08, 2008 in Blogging
I recently came across some blogs with really good content but with no images. I felt something is missing with those blogs though they have some good content. Images are must for blogs as they add some color and visual interest and will draw the attention of the visitors.
Just imagine a blog with lengthy but useful content and no images. You’ll get bored with even the interesting content in some minutes. It is not necessary to images with all blog posts but add images whereever it is necessary.
If you have a difficulty in explaining something, then you can use images.
Where to get images for blog posts?
Here are some sites which I usually use to get images. These images are not completely copyright free but they are licensed under Creative Common license.
www.sxc.hu
I very much like this website. I usually use images from this site for banners and headers when I used to flip sites.
Flickr
This is a community based site which has millions of images.
You can also search google for “royalty free images, copyright free images, free stock images “
Not sure Flickr are royalty free unless it says in the t&c when you post with them that you waive your rights to all pictures posted.
Putting royalty free images are a good way to spice up your blog, but it has to be relevant, which is quite a hard thing to do. these images are normally too irrelevant to your visitor experience.
for example, do you want to put a photograph of the opera house from stock exc on a blog post of your holiday trip to australia? or do you rather put a photo of the opera house that you took YOURSELF?
“do you want to put a photograph of the opera house from stock exc on a blog post of your holiday trip to australia? or do you rather put a photo of the opera house that you took YOURSELF?”
- I never posted images taken by me. I usually use sxc.hu for images to my posts. I just bought a SEw580i. So, hope I’ll post images took by me soon..
Yep images are a real winner and it makes your blog or website feel more personable. I like finding free images online rather than paying royalties myself. Like you I’ve also bought a new digi cam and intend to upload my own images soon.
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