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 Pimp your Blog Design with free graphics

Submitted by jvh2171 on January 25, 2008 - 11:18am in

If you're running a blog or a website, you know about the problems of using copyrighted material such as graphics.

I really love those designers who offer us such a wide range of nifty icons or graphics for a free usage in our sites.

Maybe you like icons in a grunge look? Then you should visit these grungy olive icons - and the best thing is: they are coming with a (CC) 3.0 license...

Also take a look at the main Index of free icons...


 Splicing Images In Your Readers Head

Submitted by Markus Merz on December 17, 2007 - 3:26pm in

Are you using images and symbol pictures?
A picture is the extra mile you have to go to make your article outstanding.

Fact is that readers will remember strong pictures more than your text desert.

Sorry to all the Pulitzer Price worthy text producing bloggers out there. Images create readers attention. The standard human brain is a remarkable pattern recognition machine. Visualize your article subject and people will remember that specific content and all related information much stronger than without images.

Performancing.com image posting tips, related articles and where to get free pictures...

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 Free Photos For Ads From Corbis

Submitted by Markus Merz on November 30, 2007 - 4:44pm in

It is not free like in 'free beer' but it looks like a nice deal.
Look at the details below!

Stock photo agency Corbis offers photos for no costs to bloggers on a special webite.

First the other perspective :-)

Copyright infringement

"Our legal department is a revenue generator for Corbis." Chief Executive Gary Shenk told the Reuters Media Summit.

"We don’t have a lot of lawsuits. We just find infringement and then we turn them into customers."

Source: Corbis makes an offer you can’t refuse - Btw: Nice blog from Reuters: mediafile

Click here to get more details about the 'free photos from Corbis' deal.

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