He guys, so in a post i am currently writing i have used data from U.S energy information administration to talk about electricity costs in 2016. do i need to link to their sit
Hey Jarrin,
Will help add authority to your site if you link the information back to their site.
Tried and True
Elaine
I link and “ sources. For me it’s just easier and it gives the reader quicker access to the info if they want it.
Sydney
Having outgoing links to credible authority websites can boost your SEO. Jay teaches this in his SEO webinars.
You can make the link open in a new window so the visitor does not actually leave your site.
Anyone who visits that external link is clearly interested in US energy data. You're purpose is to help readers get the right information. If it were me, I would link it. ~Jude
In the newspaper world, when we use facts or data, we state something like this, “According to the blah blah blah report from the 2016 U.S. Department of Energy, fact fact fact.”
At the end you can use something like footnotes to document your sources. Just another idea.
Karin
Just a quick opinion -- yes, always give credit where credit is due... in this case, depending upon your blog -- is it a review or is it simply additional information for the reader? ... and is it necessary or desirable for them to leave your post to go elsewhere i.e. link... and perhaps not return to your post... so best to perhaps then state the information source.... ? ... always options to consider... hope this helps you a wee bit... cheerio.. :)
on the same page with a lot of what your saying, give credit yes but do i want the viewer to navigate away no.
Hi Jarrin,
If you have a clear statement about the original source, you don't need to link them
Regards,
Zed
That is kind of what i was thinking.
so in the paragraph that i used the data i have written "o work this out i used data from U.S energy information administration website"
do you think that will suffice?
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Do you need to link to sources?
He guys, so in a post i am currently writing i have used data from U.S energy information administration to talk about electricity costs in 2016. do i need to link to their sit
Yes, always a good idea and one of Jay's recommendations for a winning website page or post.
Hey Jarrin,
Will help add authority to your site if you link the information back to their site.
Tried and True
Elaine
I link and “ sources. For me it’s just easier and it gives the reader quicker access to the info if they want it.
Sydney
Having outgoing links to credible authority websites can boost your SEO. Jay teaches this in his SEO webinars.
You can make the link open in a new window so the visitor does not actually leave your site.
Anyone who visits that external link is clearly interested in US energy data. You're purpose is to help readers get the right information. If it were me, I would link it. ~Jude
In the newspaper world, when we use facts or data, we state something like this, “According to the blah blah blah report from the 2016 U.S. Department of Energy, fact fact fact.”
At the end you can use something like footnotes to document your sources. Just another idea.
Karin
Just a quick opinion -- yes, always give credit where credit is due... in this case, depending upon your blog -- is it a review or is it simply additional information for the reader? ... and is it necessary or desirable for them to leave your post to go elsewhere i.e. link... and perhaps not return to your post... so best to perhaps then state the information source.... ? ... always options to consider... hope this helps you a wee bit... cheerio.. :)
on the same page with a lot of what your saying, give credit yes but do i want the viewer to navigate away no.
Hi Jarrin,
If you have a clear statement about the original source, you don't need to link them
Regards,
Zed
That is kind of what i was thinking.
so in the paragraph that i used the data i have written "o work this out i used data from U.S energy information administration website"
do you think that will suffice?
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Whilst my WA rank has been steadily increasing i have noticed that my creator rank has reamained at 107000 and not budged... I consistently help others, i have written a few bl
Though you would have to create trainings and blogs to get your creator rank to move, it has nothing to do with how many you have.
I have a creator rank of 6 yet I have much less blogs and trainings than others with ranks of 7, 8 9, 10 and more. Though creating a lot of blogs and trainings is required it is about quality and not quantity.
You're Creation rank increases with everything you create here, you have created 4 blogs now, and no training, when you start blogging regularly at WA it will go up, I have rank 10 and produced 745 blogs and 100+ training here. The Creation rank has nothing to do with giving comments
Just a thought consider adding more badges on your training level, I can see you are still on with level 1 badge.
It does over time for sure, for guidance on how to improve this, check the rank adviser under your photo, its explains how to get higher up. It also depends on who is active in and around you as well.
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Why does my creation rank not increase?
Whilst my WA rank has been steadily increasing i have noticed that my creator rank has reamained at 107000 and not budged... I consistently help others, i have written a few bl
Though you would have to create trainings and blogs to get your creator rank to move, it has nothing to do with how many you have.
I have a creator rank of 6 yet I have much less blogs and trainings than others with ranks of 7, 8 9, 10 and more. Though creating a lot of blogs and trainings is required it is about quality and not quantity.
You're Creation rank increases with everything you create here, you have created 4 blogs now, and no training, when you start blogging regularly at WA it will go up, I have rank 10 and produced 745 blogs and 100+ training here. The Creation rank has nothing to do with giving comments
Just a thought consider adding more badges on your training level, I can see you are still on with level 1 badge.
It does over time for sure, for guidance on how to improve this, check the rank adviser under your photo, its explains how to get higher up. It also depends on who is active in and around you as well.
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Hi all, in one of the training lesson it talks about adding images to your website and gives suggestions on what images are acceptable to use. As in not copy righted. the optio
Hey Jarrin,
Thanks for asking this question. This is something I struggle with all the time.
Tried and True
Elaine
As the first two commenters have said, is the right way. You can also get images from
https://www.freeimages.com
To
Great question. As long as the screen shot is not copy righted you can copy and place into your blog or website. If the screen shot has been copy righted then you can not use...this is my understanding.
Awesome, thanks for all the replies, that was what i was curious about. I could not work out how screenshots would a viable option for your site but now i understand.
Thanks all
Hi Jarrin
No, one can't make a screenshot of say a copyrighted image, it is still copyrighted.
But you can use screenshots to explain certain things in WA, for instance.
Like with anything, it is always safer to ask. If you want to use a screenshot of the website of one of the other programs that you promote, feel free to email them and ask whether they are okay with that.
I've read just the other day about somebody who were sued $140'000 for ONE copyrighted image that they had used! Thus it is not worth taking chances.
Also, read the Terms & Conditions of any images site that you use. Somebody on here has listed a bunch of sites where one can get images, but not all of the ones listed were CC0 image sites. So be careful, and always check for yourself.
Hope it helps!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)
It all depends on how you do it. If you take a screenshot of a copyrighted picture and then publish it as if you took the picture, that will be an infringement. However if you declare that what you are publishing is a screenshot of a picture you found in another site, that will not constitute an infringement.
If if the screenshot is something that is not covered by any proprietary right, then by all means you can publish it. For example, this screen you are looking at right now is not copyrighted. You may want to take a screenshot of it and publish it by way of telling your readers that this is one activity that is going on here at WA which they can likewise participate in if they also join WA.
When you use site content to write content for your site, you can add free to use images from there. That's the easiest and safest way of adding images to your site. Otherwise if you make pictures of a product you own yourself and use it for a review, it's also fine. Everything else could potentially be copyrighted.
NO, you can not screenshot randomly, it doesn't make a photo copyright free, I will give you 2 links, I am on gsm, they will follow soon
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Using screen shots for images on your website?
Hi all, in one of the training lesson it talks about adding images to your website and gives suggestions on what images are acceptable to use. As in not copy righted. the optio
Hey Jarrin,
Thanks for asking this question. This is something I struggle with all the time.
Tried and True
Elaine
As the first two commenters have said, is the right way. You can also get images from
https://www.freeimages.com
To
Great question. As long as the screen shot is not copy righted you can copy and place into your blog or website. If the screen shot has been copy righted then you can not use...this is my understanding.
Awesome, thanks for all the replies, that was what i was curious about. I could not work out how screenshots would a viable option for your site but now i understand.
Thanks all
Hi Jarrin
No, one can't make a screenshot of say a copyrighted image, it is still copyrighted.
But you can use screenshots to explain certain things in WA, for instance.
Like with anything, it is always safer to ask. If you want to use a screenshot of the website of one of the other programs that you promote, feel free to email them and ask whether they are okay with that.
I've read just the other day about somebody who were sued $140'000 for ONE copyrighted image that they had used! Thus it is not worth taking chances.
Also, read the Terms & Conditions of any images site that you use. Somebody on here has listed a bunch of sites where one can get images, but not all of the ones listed were CC0 image sites. So be careful, and always check for yourself.
Hope it helps!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)
It all depends on how you do it. If you take a screenshot of a copyrighted picture and then publish it as if you took the picture, that will be an infringement. However if you declare that what you are publishing is a screenshot of a picture you found in another site, that will not constitute an infringement.
If if the screenshot is something that is not covered by any proprietary right, then by all means you can publish it. For example, this screen you are looking at right now is not copyrighted. You may want to take a screenshot of it and publish it by way of telling your readers that this is one activity that is going on here at WA which they can likewise participate in if they also join WA.
When you use site content to write content for your site, you can add free to use images from there. That's the easiest and safest way of adding images to your site. Otherwise if you make pictures of a product you own yourself and use it for a review, it's also fine. Everything else could potentially be copyrighted.
NO, you can not screenshot randomly, it doesn't make a photo copyright free, I will give you 2 links, I am on gsm, they will follow soon
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Yes, always a good idea and one of Jay's recommendations for a winning website page or post.