Why do sponsors mark their pics?

[quotealex]

Why do sponsors mark the pics they give us with their URL? By doing so, we have little hope of being listed with major link lists and TGPS.

[richard]

so that no fucker can use their freebie pics whilst promoting a different sponsor.

[quotealex]

Ya but if you can't use their freebie pics for link lists and TGPs, what's the point?

[Ludedude]

The Hun lists sponsor pics with the copyright marks on them. Doesn't get any bigger than that :-)

Personally, I think it's a good thing. Let's the surfer know that what he's signing up for is in the site.

[HeLiS]

hey free content for a small copyright logo works for me http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[quotealex]

Well "sponsors pics" dont work for me. I just spent half an hour this afternoon going thru link lists' rules and alot of them stated that they will not list free sites with "sponsor pics". Thus, I've waisted hours this morning building two feeder sites with my sponsors pics to find out that many link lists will not list them http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/mad.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by HeLiS:
hey free content for a small copyright logo works for me http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif</font>

[Crunch]

Just submit those sites anyway, if the pics are good quality and they haven't been used by everyone else you will get listed.

[*Kimmykim*]

ah well, some people always want something for nothing...

[richard]

I've "added" sponsor urls to some of the content i bought (yes, that was allowed in the license http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/wink.gif), its a pretty good method to sell the site, if people believe that the pics came from somepaysite.com, they might be more inclined to click my links to somepaysite.com for "more of the same" http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/wink.gif

I think the TGPs decline the galleries, because lots of people use it, rather than just because it is sponsor content.

[quotealex]

- I'm paying for the bandwith;
- I'm paying for the domain name;
- I'm putting time promoting the sponsors;
- I'm spending time and resources designing sites;
is it too much to ask that if they going to provide us with free pics, at least give us pics that will get accepted by link lists (i.e. no sponsor URL on them)?

BTW, I do purchase most of my content.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by *Kimmykim*:
ah well, some people always want something for nothing...</font>

[shunga]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by quotealex:
- I'm spending time and resources designing sites;</font>

The free content that's available from sponsors is always going to be over exposed, unless you happen to be lucky enough to get it when it's first released. http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/wink.gif Now if you can match up licensed content with the promotional material you're using, that's much more useful. http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[The Dawg]

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Some webmasters STEAL pics and post those 'grab bag' galleries... No point or theme to the pics - JUST PICS. They try to make $$$ without spending any. As a photographer, I dont want people using my shit and getting a free ride too. Therefore, we put our URL on the pics, so if they are modified and we catch the bastard he will get a letter from our attorney.

Freehost - Freepics - Free Email - Yet I still see complaints.

Most 'free content' given out by sponsors are over used anyway. If I have seen the pics tooooooo much, I dont accept the galleries to my TGPs. How the hell can you sell something using recycled pics that the surfer has seen countless times. It gets stale - real quick.

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The Dawg

[quotealex]

The same can be said with purchased content. Many of us use the same content brokers and purchase the same pics.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Dawg:
&lt;vent&gt;Most 'free content' given out by sponsors are over used anyway. If I have seen the pics tooooooo much, I dont accept the galleries to my TGPs. How the hell can you sell something using recycled pics that the surfer has seen countless times. It gets stale - real quick.&lt;/vent&gt;


The Dawg</font>

[shane]

I have a few hundred unmarked photos you can use http://luckypartners.com