Link Back
INTRO
Many have been asking what is a link back, well here it is. I ask all freeloaders, grabbers, thieves, requesters, and friends to put a link back to my site for ANY picture that you have placed in your multiply, friendster, facebook, or whatever album, social network, personal site that you use. ANY constitutues 1 picture to many. Yes, even 1 photo must have a link back. This is to protect yourself from me feeling awkward towards you thereby causing you stress and many more unwanted feelings. And yes, I am very capable of that.
Lastly, please link to my site, not to my flickr account.
BUT WHY?
Every creative artist would like to have credit for anything that they create and capture. While I did not create your face nor the gesture or whatever pose you did, I have captured your precious moment and placed it in a format where everyone can see you and worship you for as long as digital storage exists. Is it so bad for me to ask just for a link back to my site for the moment?
Secondly, I need the traffic. I won’t keep my site if no one is looking at it anyway. I can be vain if I wanted to, but if I see people looking at my site, I encourages me to do more and be more. FORMAT Starting from the moment this post is online, I would like to require an image for my link back, not just text to neil.lolin.net
This would be your code:
<a title="music, photography, internet - neil.lolin.net" href="http://neil.lolin.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://neil.lolin.net/images2/camera_neil.png" border="0" alt="music, photography, internet - neil.lolin.net" /></a>
Which would produce this output:
It is a wholesome, internet-friendly image so you don’t have to worry about my face being there. It also opens a new window or tab to anyone who clicks it, so your site won’t be closed at all. On a last note, I can only ask for your compliance regarding this whole thing. I don’t want to be an internet police scouring the internet for whoever uses my photos. I can only ask for your cooperation. Thank you.
