I received a very nice message from someone who said they disagreed with the keywords. I am not being facetious. It was a nice letter explaining their feelings... I would like to address their concerns here so others with those same objections can also be answered.
I write. A lot.for magazines and for the Internet. This means I do a whole hella lot of searches for images and websites. The keywords I suggest to people in various spots are actual keywords I use when I do these searches.
If I need a Tim Curry from RHPS image that is wallpaper-sized, for example, then I will search for: tim curry, wallpaper, image
If that doesn't bring up what I really want, then I will search again for: transvestite, franknfurter, frankenfurter, wallpaper...
If it is icons I want, it is icon I put in the search terms.
The thing is,Google's spider can not see your images. It can only categorize things by the keywords you use.
If you are using NO keywords, or just the movie title, then people who are looking for these images are not going to find them very easily at all.
As to proper credits - I know the kids making icons want you to credit them. That does not mean it is the legal thing to do. The movie company owns the image. It is not being legally altered by the icon makers unless they got express written permission from that studio... and I bet 99% do not do that.
Now, it is the NICE thing to do to credit BOTH the studio and the icon maker.... but it is absolutely the studio who owns the rights to the image.
I write. A lot.for magazines and for the Internet. This means I do a whole hella lot of searches for images and websites. The keywords I suggest to people in various spots are actual keywords I use when I do these searches.
If I need a Tim Curry from RHPS image that is wallpaper-sized, for example, then I will search for: tim curry, wallpaper, image
If that doesn't bring up what I really want, then I will search again for: transvestite, franknfurter, frankenfurter, wallpaper...
If it is icons I want, it is icon I put in the search terms.
The thing is,Google's spider can not see your images. It can only categorize things by the keywords you use.
If you are using NO keywords, or just the movie title, then people who are looking for these images are not going to find them very easily at all.
As to proper credits - I know the kids making icons want you to credit them. That does not mean it is the legal thing to do. The movie company owns the image. It is not being legally altered by the icon makers unless they got express written permission from that studio... and I bet 99% do not do that.
Now, it is the NICE thing to do to credit BOTH the studio and the icon maker.... but it is absolutely the studio who owns the rights to the image.