Inline linking annoyances
by Jack GrantI get more Technorati hits because of my Flying Spaghetti Monster image through inline linking than anyone linking directly to my posts. I’ve had some of my photographs inline linked without credit as well, which I find rather insulting given those photos are the direct product of my creativity. In other words, people are stealing my bandwidth and hosting space that I paid for to put images on their blog. At the moment, it’s not a bandwidth issue; Random Fate has been idle enough lately that I’m nowhere near hitting any kind of bandwidth limit. It’s the principle of the thing, though, especially for my photographs when they are put up uncredited.
I’m considering discussing with the person who runs my host how we can set up to block the inline links. Man, I hate it when people just take stuff without asking. All it would take is a simple email, and I’d give permission as long as they credited my site.
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