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I am having trouble in being sure that the photos on my site are not copyrighted. any extra words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

If I’m doing a positive review of a product and link to that product on Amazon or another affiliate site, I will use a commercial image from the manufacturer and I’ve never had issues. If I was doing a not so great review, then it might be different. I’ve got images from walking into stores and taking pics in my phone of the product and packaging.

Kyle has some training on this in Level 2.

I’ve also watched videos (independents) and taken a pic of something in the video.

Just to add to this, if you’re marketing a product (selling it), then a manufacturer will have an IMPOSSIBLE time selling their product if they don’t allow you to use their images.

If in doubt or are unsure, you can contact the manufacturer directly if you cancuse their images of a particular item, but explain that you have a review site that promotes their product...

I have watched and read the level 2 training. A couple times. I have just had a difficult time finding interesting or different photos that are free.

I have a few photos of my own and understand that if I take a picture in a shop I am able to use those. Just wanted a little extra help. Thanks so much. Have a good night,

Any photo online is copyrighted. Period. to use anything you didn't create you need express written permission.

Okie dokie omot, Maybe I did not phrase this clearly enough. By going to the free photo sites, some tell you what part you may use it for, like for commercial , unmodified, etc....I realize that you are aware of this type of thing. I am not.

There are other areas on this topic that you might have given me a little more information on.

I am unsure of how the screen shots work. How do you contact the owner of a picture?, where would you find that info? , why do I not see any copyrighted info near the same picture in 5 different catalogs ?

Any picture that I take is technically considered a copyright for the next 50+ years. Papers with it or no. I can still come back and sue, if someone uses it without my permission.

A little info about how to go about getting written permission would be helpful. I smidge of helpfulness about how to credit the owner of the photo. Maybe a spec of info on screenshots.

I am doing the lessons, I take notes , I sometimes redo the lesson. I just wanted a little help. Period.

Screenshots can be prosecuted the same as downloads. Our sites, even review sites, count as 'commercial use.' The best way to get images is to purchase the license. If an image doesn't appear on a site selling images, it's off limits. Even most of the 'free image' sites are problematic. That's why they have instituted free image search here at WA - they have licenses for us to use those photos.

If I see an image I 'absolutely' have to have, I email the site owner and ask them where I may procure a license for the image. Most of the time, this request falls on deaf ears, which is why I do my own photography and purchase images from Adobe Stock photos and other reputable image sites. This is just a cost of doing business.

Thank you, that is much clearer. I found the "free" sites listed in the lesson to be complicated and confusing. I do have several of my own photos. But as I am not in my chosen niches' field any longer, I do not have the ability to capture the variety of photos that I would like.

I do appreciate your help. Thanks again, Heather

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Can I using pictures from a sales catalog on my site?

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I am having trouble in being sure that the photos on my site are not copyrighted. any extra words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

If I’m doing a positive review of a product and link to that product on Amazon or another affiliate site, I will use a commercial image from the manufacturer and I’ve never had issues. If I was doing a not so great review, then it might be different. I’ve got images from walking into stores and taking pics in my phone of the product and packaging.

Kyle has some training on this in Level 2.

I’ve also watched videos (independents) and taken a pic of something in the video.

Just to add to this, if you’re marketing a product (selling it), then a manufacturer will have an IMPOSSIBLE time selling their product if they don’t allow you to use their images.

If in doubt or are unsure, you can contact the manufacturer directly if you cancuse their images of a particular item, but explain that you have a review site that promotes their product...

I have watched and read the level 2 training. A couple times. I have just had a difficult time finding interesting or different photos that are free.

I have a few photos of my own and understand that if I take a picture in a shop I am able to use those. Just wanted a little extra help. Thanks so much. Have a good night,

Any photo online is copyrighted. Period. to use anything you didn't create you need express written permission.

Okie dokie omot, Maybe I did not phrase this clearly enough. By going to the free photo sites, some tell you what part you may use it for, like for commercial , unmodified, etc....I realize that you are aware of this type of thing. I am not.

There are other areas on this topic that you might have given me a little more information on.

I am unsure of how the screen shots work. How do you contact the owner of a picture?, where would you find that info? , why do I not see any copyrighted info near the same picture in 5 different catalogs ?

Any picture that I take is technically considered a copyright for the next 50+ years. Papers with it or no. I can still come back and sue, if someone uses it without my permission.

A little info about how to go about getting written permission would be helpful. I smidge of helpfulness about how to credit the owner of the photo. Maybe a spec of info on screenshots.

I am doing the lessons, I take notes , I sometimes redo the lesson. I just wanted a little help. Period.

Screenshots can be prosecuted the same as downloads. Our sites, even review sites, count as 'commercial use.' The best way to get images is to purchase the license. If an image doesn't appear on a site selling images, it's off limits. Even most of the 'free image' sites are problematic. That's why they have instituted free image search here at WA - they have licenses for us to use those photos.

If I see an image I 'absolutely' have to have, I email the site owner and ask them where I may procure a license for the image. Most of the time, this request falls on deaf ears, which is why I do my own photography and purchase images from Adobe Stock photos and other reputable image sites. This is just a cost of doing business.

Thank you, that is much clearer. I found the "free" sites listed in the lesson to be complicated and confusing. I do have several of my own photos. But as I am not in my chosen niches' field any longer, I do not have the ability to capture the variety of photos that I would like.

I do appreciate your help. Thanks again, Heather

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I have a comment on my site, I Clicked on "REPLY" I wrote somethings. Then I clicked on APPROVE, Then on SEND, (or was it REPLY) I really don't remember but the point is a mess

When you log into the Wordpress for your site, you'll see a link on the LEFT to COMMENTS. When you click on this, you'll see all your comments.

When you hover over the comments you'll have the options to approve, reply, trash, etc.

Hey thanks, I have pushed my self to start pushing buttons to see what they do but didn't want to screw that one up. Thanks again
Heather

You'll need to approve and reply. Approve is to accept and publish the comment and Reply is to respond to the comment.

Thanks for explaining. I wonder why I got that message about it would be erased and I would not be able to retrieve it. I will take another look at it. Thanks for the help,. Heather

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How to reply on a comment on my website?

How to reply on a comment on my website?

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I have a comment on my site, I Clicked on "REPLY" I wrote somethings. Then I clicked on APPROVE, Then on SEND, (or was it REPLY) I really don't remember but the point is a mess

When you log into the Wordpress for your site, you'll see a link on the LEFT to COMMENTS. When you click on this, you'll see all your comments.

When you hover over the comments you'll have the options to approve, reply, trash, etc.

Hey thanks, I have pushed my self to start pushing buttons to see what they do but didn't want to screw that one up. Thanks again
Heather

You'll need to approve and reply. Approve is to accept and publish the comment and Reply is to respond to the comment.

Thanks for explaining. I wonder why I got that message about it would be erased and I would not be able to retrieve it. I will take another look at it. Thanks for the help,. Heather

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I have written out my content but I realize that I need more bold content headers or topic headers and I do not know how to get that rich, bold type of letters. HELP!
Thank

You can always add more - just enter text and change it from a paragraph font style to a header (H1 is the largest, down to H2 and H3).

Hey Heather,

The following tutorial may offer you the help you seek: Hope this helps you.

thank you for your help. so much to learn. Thanks again. Heather

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Bold content headers , how do you insert more?

Bold content headers , how do you insert more?

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I have written out my content but I realize that I need more bold content headers or topic headers and I do not know how to get that rich, bold type of letters. HELP!
Thank

You can always add more - just enter text and change it from a paragraph font style to a header (H1 is the largest, down to H2 and H3).

Hey Heather,

The following tutorial may offer you the help you seek: Hope this helps you.

thank you for your help. so much to learn. Thanks again. Heather

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I have set up my domain and have added content. Yah! I have no skills on social media. I am really trying to take advantage of everything here. I suppose that my question is; D

Hi Heather,

Good question.

What you blog about here inside WA will be different to what you write about on your actual site. Generally speaking.

So here at WA you can write a blog about pretty much anything related to your journey here. Be sure to follow these guidelines which explain the purpose of your WA blog and what to avoid: The content on your actual website, is going to be based on keywords you find using the 'research' tab to your left. The training walks you through the entire process of finding good keywords, and how to add them to your content. So you will learn all of this in due course.

You can create content on your website by logging into it here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites

Or by going to 'SiteContent' and creating your website content from there: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/content

I hope this helps to clarify and please do let me know if you have any other questions about this. I will be more than happy to clarify this further for you.

Cheers,
Tim

Thanks for the help. I am sure that I will be back with many more questions

You're very welcome, happy to help out :)

Behind the effort is the blog button, then the paste button then the publish button!

thanks so much :)

I hope the training below can help to understand blogging:

Thank you , I will go to it right now

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What is blogging all about?

What is blogging all about?

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I have set up my domain and have added content. Yah! I have no skills on social media. I am really trying to take advantage of everything here. I suppose that my question is; D

Hi Heather,

Good question.

What you blog about here inside WA will be different to what you write about on your actual site. Generally speaking.

So here at WA you can write a blog about pretty much anything related to your journey here. Be sure to follow these guidelines which explain the purpose of your WA blog and what to avoid: The content on your actual website, is going to be based on keywords you find using the 'research' tab to your left. The training walks you through the entire process of finding good keywords, and how to add them to your content. So you will learn all of this in due course.

You can create content on your website by logging into it here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites

Or by going to 'SiteContent' and creating your website content from there: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/content

I hope this helps to clarify and please do let me know if you have any other questions about this. I will be more than happy to clarify this further for you.

Cheers,
Tim

Thanks for the help. I am sure that I will be back with many more questions

You're very welcome, happy to help out :)

Behind the effort is the blog button, then the paste button then the publish button!

thanks so much :)

I hope the training below can help to understand blogging:

Thank you , I will go to it right now

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