Thank you very much:):):):):):) you just answered the question.

I was trying to help someone here and I thought I knew where the video was.

But yeah this is very helpful.

I hear you but that's my problem I have no idea just who did it I even went to the top tab bar to see if I could find at least something.

Thanks for trying though.

Thanks, I will make sure I am very through with it.

thanks, I will do this

Thanks, that's what I am trying to stick to since they have basically everything I need to make my reviews.

I started my site with my own photos of the products I was reviewing. In the training here (somewhere) I believe it warned about doing that however due to copyright issues.

Now I only use Amazon's official photos.

Thanks, that's helpful! I'll stick to Amazon photos for Amazon affiliate links.

However, sounds like there may be some confusion about copyright - maybe I'll see if I can find what they say in the training here - because if you take your own photos of a product, you have the copyright to your own photos. And the manufacturers have copyrights to their own official product photos (not Amazon). However, most people wouldn't necessarily be able to quickly learn whether Amazon took the photo or whether the manufacturer took the photo at hand, so I can see why the default is simply just use Amazon's photos for Amazon links.

The reason I'm pondering photos is that your own product photos (photos that you take of a product you are reviewing or selling) in themselves become a separate, GREAT way to get Google traffic, when YOUR photos of products appear in Google images, people click on the image link to go to your website = another excellent source of traffic.

So I'm not inclined to completely dismiss the idea of using some of my own photos of products to distinguish my reviews from other people's reviews -- except, apparently, for Amazon affiliate links -- As of my understanding right now, for Amazon affiliate links I'll only use the photos Amazon provides with Amazon stripe for the given product.

But our own unique photos can be an additional, powerful, source of Google traffic from motivated buyers - so it's something I will look into more.
Thanks again!
Kate

Kate,

I still use my own photos but only of my cats etc. not of the cat products I am reviewing...for the most part. I do use photos of my cats on the cat tree I am reviewing and a few others like that. I am no longer using photos of supplements etc. however with a name and logo clearly displayed. The problem is not with Amazon but with the manufacturer of the product itself as I recall.

Since I am reviewing cat products using cat photos of my own cats or others is a great way of getting traffic as you said.

For my supplement site I am sticking with Amazon's images from Site Stripe and other generic photos.

Thanks!
Jessica

Still pondering use of our own product photos EXCEPT for Amazon affiliate products. It's understandable why Amazon would want ONLY the product photos for its listing (regardless of whether Amazon took the photos or whether the photos are the official manufacturer photos) to appear everywhere.

If there are different pictures, different lighting, different view, it could confuse potential buyers as to whether this is the item they would be purchasing (especially if the OFFICIAL product photo is not shown).

Still, for other purposes on your websites (and for other kinds of affiliate links - not Amazon links), keep in mind the potential additional Google traffic you can gain by posting your own photos.

Thanks again!
Kate

Thanks, I wanted to get a second opinion on the subject regarding pictures and links.

It's okay I still like some feedback from everyone who visits me from time to time.

Thanks for the reply though.

Thanks, I recently did that.

https://unsplash.com/

Is a good site for free photos, but like Jenny said above, you can use the amazon photos that provide you affiliate links for products

It is clickable. What I mean is having both the picture and the links as clickable and can it still be trusted as an honest website for an audience viewing the website itself.

I want to establish my website as an honest viewing platform for the audience I cater to.

I feel as though having both clickable links and pictures to Amazon can seem dishonest like if someone is using their phone and taps really fast on the phone and while they read my content ends up accidentally clicking on the picture that takes them to the product itself.

Thanks for replying. I am glad to hear back from you.

Thanks, I got it.

Thanks for the help I have found a few people who are interested in looking at my website and they might buy off it. so yeah here we go.

Very glad to hear this. Good Luck.

It's okay I just thought it looked a little weird but if you want to PM me tomorrow after my new post here you are very much welcome to it.

I might try that after I get some more work done on a new post for my website.

I hear you but I still find it a little weird that would happen even on a different engine.