It's a well-known fact that a blog post with a photo has more appeal, at least initially. Do you often find yourself spending more time looking for a photo than it took you to write the post to begin with? Here are some great ways to find photos to use in your blog posts.
- Microsoft's Clip Art: When I hear the words "clip art," I'm prone to envision cheesy one-color illustrations or animated smiley faces. Not here. This site has a quality selection of graphics and photos to use on your blog.
- Stockvault: Free stock photos, decent selection.
- 123 Royalty Free: Very nice selection of free images. Images stay on the site for 30 days, then expire and new images are continually being added.
- Stock.xchng: Another free stock photography site. Also offers photos for as little as $1 each.
- PicFindr: Useful site that searches several sources of free stock photos simultaneously.
- The Photodropper Plugin: It searches for Creative Commons licensed photos – images that are
licensed for shared use – and lets you drop them into your posts -
right from your dashboard with just one click. - Flickr: Until recently, I had no idea that there were photos on Flickr listed under a Creative Commons license, allowing you to use them on your blog with proper attribution. It might take some searching, but you could find something useful there.
- iStockPhoto.com: While not free, I had to mention this awesome source of stock photos. You'll find high-quality graphics here and most cost as little as $1.
Photo attribution: pointnshoot's photostream.
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Wow, what a great list. I had now idea all of these site were out there and available. Thanks for doing the research and sharing the info. I have paid, using iStock, and used free with Stock.xchng. I am glad to know of the other sits, as well. Thanks again!