Getting Backlinks through Stock Image Websites

[knubbl]

Hey everyone,

I just realized that you can get free links through stock image web sites. The web site I often use is stock.xchng and I sometimes comment on pictures because when using pictures you have to notify the author. Therefore on some pictures I post the link to my web site for the author to see where I put the picture.

But just a few minutes ago I checked the source code to see whether these links were nofollow but they aren't. They only have the rel="external" attribute attached that means it helps to rank better on Google.

Not that I am going to spam these web sites with my links .. just thought it would be interesting for everyone. What do you think about it?

[YouGotNuked]

Can you link me to a picture that you posted your link on?
Just for an example ..

[stephen todd]

Originally Posted by knubbl

Hey everyone,

I just realized that you can get free links through stock image web sites. The web site I often use is stock.xchng and I sometimes comment on pictures because when using pictures you have to notify the author. Therefore on some pictures I post the link to my web site for the author to see where I put the picture.

But just a few minutes ago I checked the source code to see whether these links were nofollow but they aren't. They only have the rel="external" attribute attached that means it helps to rank better on Google.

Not that I am going to spam these web sites with my links .. just thought it would be interesting for everyone. What do you think about it?

I can see this working for photography related sites, maybe even webmaster sites - not sure of the value google will assign these links to other sites though - better than nothing, but maybe too "general" compared to targeted blog commenting

[knubbl]

Originally Posted by YouGotNuked

Can you link me to a picture that you posted your link on?
Just for an example ..

The link to stock.xchng contains a picture where I posted my link.

And yes I do think that its not really valuable to people blogging on topics other than photography, as you have said.
I just thought some people would be interested