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Robert Seale, Photographer
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 12:31 PM on 07.09.11 |
| ->> Wow…if I'm not mistaken, though, doesn't Facebook have similar language? |
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David Scott, Photographer
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Portland | OR | US | Posted: 1:16 PM on 07.09.11 |
->> Someone in another thread mentioned that the photographer still retains the copyright. My problem is that my ability to license a photo is dependent on where/how it was licensed in the past in many cases.
If I were to use google's service (which I am not) I'd most likely only share images that I was going to use for my marketing mailers. I cannot imagine telling a client "we can do the deal for xyz licensing but I have to tell you that I don't know where this image may end up because it's been licensed by google."
-- Dave |
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Grover Sanschagrin, Photographer, Photo Editor
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San Francisco | CA | USA | Posted: 8:25 PM on 07.09.11 |
| ->> At least that story has a good ending. :-) |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 11:26 PM on 07.09.11 |
->> I'm stoked and can't wait for Goog's new service!
Like mySpace and Facebook, and every other social networking site, there is absolutely no upside for the photographic professional uploading photos to the network's servers. Each social networking giant wants to be able to take images from a profile or group of them and license images of the next OJ, Casey Anthony, Wiener...yadda, yadda, yadda, ...Charlie Manson to the media for $$$, leaving the content owners penniless. While I have uploaded barely a handful of photos to Facebook, my policy now is to upload thumbnails only with links back to the image or gallery on my server on my wall - and with good reason.
Like the other sites, the real value of G+ will be yet another SEO tool to drive more traffic to your site as well increase the SERP of content on your site. What I have found in the past two years is it is far more valuable to post links back to images/content on your site or blog than to upload the photo to them to a social networking site.
Like FB and MS, G+ will be yet another medium to create 'quality' backlinks. In my experience, multiple backlinks from different sources to specific content improves the position that content shows up in google/bing/yahoo's search returns.
Least not forget search engine algorithms love backlinks. And, it would make logical sense that Google bots will index and weight content/links posted to Google+ above the other social networking giants as well.
When cross-posting to twitter, FB and a few other service I see that content showing up in SERP usually within 72 hours, often sooner. More often than not, my return is positioned above that of the daily and weekly papers in our area. So, G+ will likely be the first place I would post a link back to new or featured content on my site.
Google+, bring it on. Can't wait. |
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Luke Johnson, Photographer, Student/Intern
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St.Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 11:42 PM on 07.09.11 |
| ->> This is why I only upload images to social networking sites that have no value to anyone but myself. |
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