HAHA, look what I found, the danger of using stock photos!

That is pretty funny.

Wonder what the chances are that someone would actually see both of those websites.

And if they did would they even notice the same woman.

Yeah, I think the chances are VERY slim, and the only reason I noticed is because I was promoting the product for a while. I must admit, I don't think I would take the risk though, especially as the product sells so well, I would probably pay a friend to per her photo up there so at least it isn't a stock photo.

HAHA... why is it bad?.. pregnant women can have the need for next day printing no?

lol

I didn't know you could use stock photos like this.

lol, funny stuff, I've always wondered, who are these people that submit their photos to these stock photo sites, what would make you wanna do that?

LOL, I always wondered about stock photo's, this is funny but I actually know someone who used a non stock picture one time on a blog and the REAL person in the picture saw it and contacted them, what are the chances!! I thought it was hillarious.

I see no problem with using a stock photo in lieu of your own photo and creating a pen name in lieu of your own name. If you are doing something that you see as dishonest then don't do it, simple as that lol

You can always put a disclaimer on the site as well if you have issues.

I don't get it.... it may be a stock photo, but nothing you've shown here proves that it is. I've known many people to endorse a lot of products, and have used the same photo of themselves all over the place.

LOL!

Can't stop laughing bout that...

Why would that person use a stock photo and put a fake name on it, if the person is running a legitimate business?

Curious.... Could have JV with some expert and "borrow" their name and pics....

Aiden Chong

At least you didn't find the same girl on your favorite online dating site as you did on a "How I live with Herpes" ClickBank product.

haha, they should have photoshop'd a pregnant belly onto her

At least she didn't use this one:

See, I leave you guys for 10 minutes and look what happens lol Too many funny comments to mention!

p.s Garyv, my stomach looks like that, but I don't think I'm preggers though, it's more due to Guinness I think!

p.s Talking of adverts, watch this one, but with the WRONG frame of mind ;-)

Hmm is it worth doing a who.is search on both pages might be worth it hey?

ha ha good to pick that up.

Has anyone found this photo on a stock photo site yet? Just because someone looks like a model, doesn't mean that it's necessarily a stock image. It very well could be that she is the owner of the first product, and endorsed the 2nd. Am I missing something here? I still don't see how you're linking that to a stock image?

Hi Gary

Well, yes, I could be jumping to concussions, but it just seems strange that one is used for a CB product, and the other for a UK based print / design site. I guess they COULD be both genuine, but I doubt it. I'm sure at least one of the sites is using it as a pseudo identity??

Here's another interesting link - Look who's on this page:

Lisa Olson Harassment Case *|*eNpoe

Ok, now look at this link: Female sports reporters and access to male players

Wait for the video ad to finish and then look at the 3rd slide. That's not the same Lady is it? Hard to tell if someone could change that much.

The stock photo isn't the problem. The problem is they
gave her a name and list of credentials:

Lisa Olson,
Medical researcher, health consultant, nutritionist and author of the
Pregnancy Miracle™ system

For their sake, and the sake of their affiliates, I hope this
woman's name really is Lisa Olson and she legitimately has
those credentials. Somehow, I doubt it...

Tsnyder

Ha ha an absolute classic in the weird world of the search engines. No doubt there are millions of these happening all over the net but thanks again for showing me.

Now, I know the use of pen names is very popular but I think this web site is ripe for a good 'ol american lawsuit.

I'm pretty confident that Lisa Olson hasn't done any of what is being claimed. I'll betcha it's a bunch of made-up BS.

And people wonder why IM has a bad rep.

Just some food for thought.

I grabbed 'Lisa Olsen's' image then uploaded into the image search engine at TinEye Reverse Image Search

The image is being used on several websites, some of which have the hoplinks to the main site visible in the url. The same header image is also used on several other sites with a man's face in the header in place of 'Lisa'.

I think the use of a stock photo really undermines the credibility of the seller, but that is just my own opinion and not based on anything other than a strong dislike of deceptive practices in promoting products online, affiliate or otherwise.

On the other hand, I have a picture of myself on one of my own websites incorporated in to the header graphic. What is to stop someone from stealing my image and using it on other sites? Unless you know me personally, how would you know if the image on my site was really me, or a stock photo. I'm not sure if 'tin-eye' would find my image on other sites if the person using the graphic changed the graphic name.

As for stock photos, I'd really love to know who this guy is:

Photo: Senior business man © Yuri Arcurs #5430702

He's very photogenic and you see his image all over the web, at least I do. I see his image being used on so many sites that there must be something about him that has universal appeal. He usually appears as a business man, but also shows up as a doctor, dentist, sportsman and in many other guises. I call him the 'Anonymous, Famous King of the Internet!'

If you keep refreshing the Printing site, the testimonial with her picture keeps changing, along with the name of the company giving the testimonial, so they are using that image as a catch-all image for the testimonials. Interesting.

This is absolutely hilarious. I've seen this happen on other websites too, especially the MMO (make money online) ones, where they seem to love using the same girls over and over again for some reason or another.

There is absolutely no shortage of attractive females on Fiverr who'd love nothing more than to send you their pictures for $5, as Paul above has pointed out, so I really don't understand this phenomenon. Are people really so lazy and cheap that they won't expend a little effort in at least obtaining original pictures that don't show up on every website on the internet? lol....

Paul

That's what happens when you're too lazy and you just pick a stock photo on page 1.

That's pretty funny, just goes to show you never really know who you are buying from on the internet.

I guess many of the marketers get lazy about this and end up at the same stock photo sites, and invariably they pick up the same or almost identical photos as a result.

When looking for simple, generic pictures for a website, it really can't be that hard to pay someone to pose for a photo that you'll use for a very long time on your site, but I suppose marketers hate getting up and away from their computers, lol.

Paul

Haha lol thats very funny, but theres no problem though She can be a pregnant model, on multiple work

I completely understand where you're coming from on that. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's clearly advertising.

I guess the part I'm having trouble with is using a photo of someone else and a pen name to build an identity in different niches. Like Eben Pagan does with David DeAngelo.

From a business perspective, I completely get it. I understand the advantages.

But on a personal level, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with it. I think it's more to do with the social aspects of the web these days and the relationship building that's happening between businesses and individuals.

I look at it a little like dating. If I meet a really wonderful girl, I don't want to start off the relationship by telling her my name's Mike. lol

I'm sure there are a lot of other ways to look at it. And you guys have already given me some other ways to think about it in this thread.

Thanks for the conversation!

Roy

I know the pictures your talking about and I think in many cases the images haven't even been purchased but lifted from other sites.

If you do a google image search for some popular terms you'll find many of the over-used stock photos at the top of the list.

I see this girl everywhere.

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Jason, I think you started something...

Tyrus

happens all the time lol

OMG - Is this thread still going lol! Yeah, I think we've started something. Hey, we should ALL change our avatars to the same woman, I wonder if the REAL person know's she's alllll over the place!!

lol, that is funny, though what are the chances people will find both of those sites besides yourself

Ancient Chinese system for getting pregnant ???

Hmmmm

Betty Crocker is not a real person; she's a marketing image.

But ... the Sunmaid Raisin Girl is a Squidoo lensmaster.

And ... Duncan Hines was a real person too. I didn't know that until I bought a vintage cookbook that had a dedication in it from him. It had a great title ... "How I Cook It" LOL

Hey if you look closely...the pictures are slightly different. The woman on the 'pregnancy miracle' seems to have had some of her hair chopped off during the editing process

You'll notice, the image on the second website, in the bottom left hand corner has more corners, and splits at the edge of her hair, and she seems to be tilted a bit to the side as well.

Maybe 2 different pictures of the same woman? Could be.

Hahaha, thanks Phil This was brought to my attention by one of our web guys and it gave us all a good laugh. I was going to have them change the picture to your avatar for a day, in tribute to your eagle eyed efforts, but decided, despite your obvious sense of humour, that I better not.


Below is all boring blurb so don't read if you are only interested in the humorous aspect of this thread:
I looked into it and the image is Istock: 7271896 (the image on Hippoprint has been mirrored).
In response to the general comments on here:
Legality - Istock states standard licence allows "Online or electronic publications or uses, including web pages to a maximum image size of 800 x 600 pixels; video image size limitation is 640 x 480. Any size reproduction is acceptable with substantial changes to the content"
Use of stock photography - it seems a lot of people on here really don't like it? Personally, I think it is a great tool and the more these services develop the better for businesses in general.

Someone linked this to me on another forum and thought you guys would like it:

Samsung, Dell and Gateway all used the same stock picture in the same year, and two of them for identical campaigns at the same time

You may have to add the www before, but as I'm new and not up to 15 posts I cant post links and due to being inept cant seem to get the damn thing to stop linking :S

A pity many people use Stock photos, knowing the vast majority won't investigate

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Steve

I tend to think in terms of the numbers... sure using a stock photo on a website...may produce a person here or there that notices... but I dont think they care that much... and really its about one in a million the odds Im sure if you go by impressions... so...not that much risk really.