Comments on: Direct Linking to Images Blocked http://www.jasondunn.com/direct-linking-to-images-blocked-884 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:06:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/direct-linking-to-images-blocked-884/comment-page-1#comment-14902 Jason Dunn Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:28:15 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=884#comment-14902 Dave, I'm on a dedicated server, with gobs of bandwidth, so for the most part it didn't bother me if people here and there linked directly to my images. But once I saw those stupid spam sites start linking to my images, I figured it was time to put a stop to that. Thankfully Jorj my very smart server guy configured it so that my business Web sites can still link to images here, and my photo site on Smugmug can still use images here. Dave,
I’m on a dedicated server, with gobs of bandwidth, so for the most part it didn’t bother me if people here and there linked directly to my images. But once I saw those stupid spam sites start linking to my images, I figured it was time to put a stop to that. Thankfully Jorj my very smart server guy configured it so that my business Web sites can still link to images here, and my photo site on Smugmug can still use images here.

]]> By: Dave Beauvais http://www.jasondunn.com/direct-linking-to-images-blocked-884/comment-page-1#comment-14860 Dave Beauvais Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:02:08 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=884#comment-14860 Honestly, I'm surprised you hadn't done that sooner. I <a href="http://www.beauvais1.com/archives/2003/10/07/stop-stealing-my-bandwidth-please/" title="Link to an article on Dave Beauvais' site" rel="nofollow">blocked image hotlinking</a> on my site about five years ago when some Pocket PC site linked directly to a screenshot of my Pocket IE Start Page and consumed almost my entire bandwidth quota for that month. (Which at the time was only 300 MB per month.) This has the unfortunate side effect of preventing images from displaying in most RSS readers. Honestly, I’m surprised you hadn’t done that sooner. I blocked image hotlinking on my site about five years ago when some Pocket PC site linked directly to a screenshot of my Pocket IE Start Page and consumed almost my entire bandwidth quota for that month. (Which at the time was only 300 MB per month.)

This has the unfortunate side effect of preventing images from displaying in most RSS readers.

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