Page 1 – How to correctly find free images on Google
Page 2 – Only 1 image is actually free to use
Page 3 – What to look for when you visit the page the image resides on
Page 4 – What you must do if you want to use the image.
If you are someone who goes up on Google to find images for your website, you better keep reading because I am pretty sure you are probably doing it wrong. First off, the majority of images on Google are not free to use and the ones that are, most require some form of attribution. It is very rare that you will find a Public Domain or CC0 licensed image.
SETTING THE GOOGLE RIGHTS FILTER
It is very important to set the usage rights filter before you can use any image on Google. To do this you will need to click on the “Search Tools” button just under the search bar within Google images as seen in the image above.
This will open up a new row of 5 or 6 selections and you will want to click on “Usage Rights” which will open up a drop down menu as seen in the image below.
For use in your website you will want to select either Labeled for reuse or Labeled for reuse with modification. The differences between the two are pretty self-explanatory.
NEXT UP = What to expect and what to do next.
Does Google sandbox your domain or do owners come after you?
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I recently saw another eBay seller using one of my custom product pictures the other day because she was selling the same product I was. I contacted her and she removed it.
If she didn't I could have legally caused problems for her, especially since the picture she was using had a subtle watermark I placed on it. Though I couldn't actually sue her because this happened on eBay, I could get eBay to remove her listing and place a warning on her seller's account.
Would the owner have any claim on the new version created?
Just being devil's advocate here. Curious to know.
Personally I feel that bigger and more established websites would be the types of websites that would be the ones to complain the most. But that is just only my opinion.
