Protecting Personal Images

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I plan on using some of my own personal images on a new site (instead of only amazon images), but have no idea how to make sure they aren't used without my permission.

What's the best thing to do in this situation?
#search engine optimization #images #personal #protecting
  • The only thing I can think of is to do the same as the stock image sites - they watermark the images that are displayed.

    Anything that's on the web can potentially get copied and re-used.

    TinEye does searches for duplicate images but not sure if they offer a Copyscape equivalent (I got confused on their pricing and services page).
  • GIMP is free and works just as well as Photoshop in my opinion so if you don't have it you can download it for free. Then go to Add a Text Watermark in GIMP - How to Apply a Text Watermark to Your Photos in GIMP and it will tell you how to add an opaque watermark to your photos.
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  • If the images are good, they will get stolen no doubt. To reduce this risk of this happening I suggest that you put a unique code in the image file names eg. photo-name-for-seo-x12345abcd.jpg so that you can find them on other sites using Google image search and then do the DCMA take-down thing (most images thieves are lazy and won't rename the images.

    The other tip is to use a branding overlay on the image that stops other people using it. Here's an example. It's a lot more effort but the image would be pretty safe from theft

  • add watermark with adobe photoshop...
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    Protecting Personal Images

    I plan on using some of my own personal images on a new site (instead of only amazon images), but have no idea how to make sure they aren't used without my permission. What's the best thing to do in this situation?