Images play a key role to gain the readers interest and grab their attention. Along with the important keywords, images are also part of search engine optimization on-page techniques which are considered to be the important criteria, to get them noticed by Google & other search engines. They are very powerful sources to make the blogs more lively.
Many bloggers search for the images from Google and various sites which suits their blogs and articles. Once found, they download them and add them to their articles. Most of the images have copyrights and if used without proper permissions, the real owner can file a DMCA complaint which can ultimately lead to the cancellation of the hosting account.
Q: Will it be OK to provide a credit back to the image owner/source in-case if I have used their image without getting proper permissions ?
A: No. Even though you provide a credit back, without obtaining proper permission, it might still be considered as a violation by the image owner and can still file a DMCA complaint. So, if you don’t want to get into any kind of troubles then get the permission first. Check for the image rights and if not mentioned , contact the image owner. If you don’t get any response then don’t use that image.
Instead of going to the individual owners and asking for image permissions [through mails etc.], an easiest way is to find the websites/sources from where we can get the royalty free images that are required for our blog. We have collected some of the important sources listed below from which you can get the royalty free images required for your articles or blogs. Use them accordingly [few require credit back to the source] and make your articles more colorful and readable.
Royalty Free Image Resources
