Comments on: Hotlinking, SEO and BackLinks, Oh My! http://www.habitationofjustice.com/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my One man takes on the world in an epic battle for truth and justice. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:06:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lincoln Adams http://www.habitationofjustice.com/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my#comment-487 Lincoln Adams Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:02:39 +0000 http://www.habitationofjustice.com/2007/07/16/blog-fog/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my/#comment-487 Checking my logs would have been the logical step but sifting through it is a royal pain in the..... The good thing is the script I mentioned above does a great job of filtering out ONLY those log hits showing a possible hotlink. It's proven to be a HUGE time saver. :happy: Checking my logs would have been the logical step but sifting through it is a royal pain in the…..

The good thing is the script I mentioned above does a great job of filtering out ONLY those log hits showing a possible hotlink. It’s proven to be a HUGE time saver. :happy:

]]> By: Chris http://www.habitationofjustice.com/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my#comment-486 Chris Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:17:40 +0000 http://www.habitationofjustice.com/2007/07/16/blog-fog/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my/#comment-486 Hi Lincoln I guess you keep an eye on your logs, right? Find out where the images are being displayed, then use your .htaccess to block those specific IP addresses - I could send you some sample code if you want. Even better - use .htaccess to replace whatever picture is being hotlinked with something a bit naughty - maybe a picture of someone naked or an image just saying "STOP HOTLINKING MY PICTURES!" - trust me, they'll soon stop hotlinking soon enough!! A friend of mine hotlinked one of my photos and put it on her boyfriends MySpace comments. When I realised, I replaced it with a screenshot from Brokeback mountain where the 2 dudes are getting jiggy in the tent, with the caption "My favourite movie moment". He took it down within a day!! Hi Lincoln
I guess you keep an eye on your logs, right? Find out where the images are being displayed, then use your .htaccess to block those specific IP addresses – I could send you some sample code if you want.

Even better – use .htaccess to replace whatever picture is being hotlinked with something a bit naughty – maybe a picture of someone naked or an image just saying “STOP HOTLINKING MY PICTURES!” – trust me, they’ll soon stop hotlinking soon enough!!

A friend of mine hotlinked one of my photos and put it on her boyfriends MySpace comments. When I realised, I replaced it with a screenshot from Brokeback mountain where the 2 dudes are getting jiggy in the tent, with the caption “My favourite movie moment”. He took it down within a day!!

]]> By: Lincoln Adams http://www.habitationofjustice.com/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my#comment-485 Lincoln Adams Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:13:35 +0000 http://www.habitationofjustice.com/2007/07/16/blog-fog/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my/#comment-485 I usually do, but I like to centralize my content whenever possible, and sometimes the desktop blogging clienty I use allows me to conveniently and automatically upload images just by placing them in the blog post. Muy coolio. :D I usually do, but I like to centralize my content whenever possible, and sometimes the desktop blogging clienty I use allows me to conveniently and automatically upload images just by placing them in the blog post. Muy coolio. :D

]]> By: John http://www.habitationofjustice.com/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my#comment-488 John Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:19:01 +0000 http://www.habitationofjustice.com/2007/07/16/blog-fog/hotlinking-seo-and-backlinks-oh-my/#comment-488 Why don't you put your files on Flickr or Photobucket? Why don’t you put your files on Flickr or Photobucket?

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