Congratulations! If you have followed each step as outlined in this tutorial to the letter, you should now see a wide and lengthy selection of images like this:

And the best part? Because you have gone through the process of an advanced search, and filtered properly, ALL of these images displayed now on your monitor are yours to freely use and share however you choose, even for commercial purposes.


ONE MORE, VERY IMPORTANT THING!

Once you select the image you want to use, click on it, then look to the right, and click on "View this Page" among the options. Go to the image's page, and scroll down to see if there are any additional requirements. Sometimes, the images are "Public Domain" so nothing more is required, just go ahead and use it. Often, though, you will see that "Attribution" is required in order to reuse the image. Find the original author's name (it will be listed) and, when you put the image on your page or post, edit it to include the caption:

"Photo Attributed to Author: (name here)"

Sometimes, even further actions are required, like posting a link to the author, or other hoops you have to jump through. I usually shy away from those, because there are (most of the time) so many images available that serve my purpose, I will choose one that is either Public Domain or merely requires a simple attribution.

And that is that!


Pretty cool, eh? I thought so, when I discovered this little technique. And, as always, The Old Silly likes to Pay it Forward to this wonderful Wealthy Affiliate community, from whom I have learned from and been helped by so very much.

So that's it for this brief lesson, if you have any questions, just leave them in the comments, and as always, if you found this helpful, please click on the green "LIKE THIS" button, it helps me out when you do that.

Chow, y'all, and happy free Google image hunting!



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NancyLian Premium
This is awesome! Thank you for sharing :-)
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TheOldSilly Premium
You are very welcome, Nancy. :-)
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healthierguy Premium
Awesome technique. Thanks for the great training.
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TheOldSilly Premium
You are welcome, Heath :-)
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Candace33 Premium
Yes I do use this a lot. Typically I go for free to use, share, modify even commercially, just to be safe. However, if I don't have the intention to modify then you're right that's seems pretty safe to use. Great job!
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TheOldSilly Premium
Thanks, Candace. Yeah, I looked into it, and if you don't need to modify an image, the wider selection is the way to go, and completely legal.
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BrooklynPhil Premium
I've been using this technique for a couple of weeks. The only thing I do differently is to select the bottom choice. "free to use. share or modify, even commercially."
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TheOldSilly Premium
Good for you, Phil, and I agree that option gives you even more latitude. I don't often find the need to modify an image, so I opt for the wider selection. But it is good to have that option available when needed, too.
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BrooklynPhil Premium
I modify most of my images. I never considered the other choice giving a wider selection.
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MPoirier Premium
Thank you!! this was really helpful!!
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TheOldSilly Premium
You are most welcome, I was so happy to find this out, just hadda share, teehee
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TheOldSilly Premium
Hey MPoirier, if you found the lesson helpful, please click on the green "like this" button, ok? Helps the Old Silly out a bunch, Thanks!
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MPoirier Premium
Np, liked it xDl
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