Filtering Google Image Search by Copyright License
What I’m currently reading: Deceived by Randy Wayne White
If you’re a blogger, you may use images you find on the web for your posts. The correct way to do this is either using pictures you’ve licensed, or those that don’t require a specific license for re-use. I use a lot of Flickr Creative Commons images, and they have always worked well for me.
But the Flickr search mechanism, IMHO, isn’t as good as the one provided by Google. So I was pleasantly surprised to learn over the weekend that Google Images has made it easier to search for images with specific copyright licenses. (Thank you Rocking Self Publishing Podcast episode #47)
So I decided to perform a test, but before I do a quick story.
When I grew up we had a beautiful Maple tree in the backyard of our house. That tree not only served as my instructor for tree climbing but also helped to teach me how much fun hard work could be. It did that by dropping it’s leaves each fall. Seriously, what kid doesn’t love jumping into a freshly raked pile of leaves.
I shared that quick story only to explain the rationale for selecting “Maple Tree” as my search term.
To run this search I took the following steps:
1. Go to Google Images
2. Select Search Tools, which brings up a secondary menu
3. Select Usage Rights
In my case, I selected “Labeled for non-commercial reuse” and clicked (more…)
