{"id":1574,"date":"2013-11-18T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aseohosting.com\/blog\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:17:39","slug":"sourcing-blog-images-from-flickr-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aseohosting.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/sourcing-blog-images-from-flickr-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Sourcing Blog Images From Flickr? Here\u2019s What You Need To Know."},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Marissa Mayer took over at Yahoo!, many of its properties have been revamped. Flickr<\/a> is no exception. Flickr now has a much nicer interface.<\/p>\n

Browsing millions of hosted images is now a pleasure. You can look for inspiration. Or find a picture to add visual sparkle to a blog post. The limitations on photographers for storing images have changed. This has brought back many who left for competitors. Because of this, more images are being added now. This is more than in the last few years.<\/p>\n

Studies prove that images help user engagement. This has SEO benefits. It also greatly aids social media exposure. Flickr is a treasure trove. However, bloggers need to be aware of a few pitfalls. Business bloggers, in particular, should know these before snagging images. They might want to use them to liven up their posts.
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Photographers are often quite touchy about image use rights. So, you need to be careful. You don’t want to face an angry photographer’s rant. Or even legal action. Because of this, you must know which images you can use. And you need to understand the conditions for using them.<\/p>\n

If It\u2019s On Flickr I Can Use It For Free<\/h2>\n

This is absolutely not true. Images are placed on Flickr with a variety of different licenses determined by their owners.<\/p>\n

As a blogger, I know it can be intensely frustrating to find the perfect image. Then<\/strong>, you discover it has restrictive licensing. Consequently, this means you can\u2019t use it for your clients.. But, we should avoid the temptation to just take what we want regardless. We don\u2019t like it when sites scrape and steal our content. We should have the same respect for photographer\u2019s work that we have for our own.<\/p>\n

What Can I Use?<\/h2>\n

Take a look at this image on Flickr<\/a>. It\u2019s a beautiful picture and it\u2019d look good on any blog, but to be sure we can use it we need to check out the image\u2019s licensing. You can find that at the bottom of the right hand column below the image under \u201cAdditional Info.\u201d<\/p>\n

All Rights Reserved\u201d means that we basically can\u2019t do anything with it, which is why I have just linked to it rather than including it in this post. To use this image we\u2019d have to get in touch with the owner to ask for their permission to license it. Under copyright law the photographer has every right to do this, so there\u2019s no point grumbling. We\u2019ll have to find something else.<\/p>\n

\"Bear\"<\/p>\n

This image<\/a>, by the talented Flickr user Longhorndave<\/a>, has different licensing:If we click on \u201cSome rights reserved\u201d, we re taken to the license page, which clearly lays out how we can use this image and what the photographer expects in return.<\/p>\n

In this case, the image is licensed with an Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)<\/a> license, which means we can do anything we like with it so long as we provide proper attribution. Attribution usually consists of a link to the image source or the Flickr profile of the photographer along with a mention of their name.<\/p>\n

License types<\/h2>\n

Creative Commons licenses come in many different version but most of them are concerned with:<\/p>\n