Comments on: Hotlinking Etiquette http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/ Here We Go Again Again Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Whiskey Bravo http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2663 Whiskey Bravo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:38:07 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2663 Sid, I vaguely remember that--and I think it was ZDNet, too. Sid, I vaguely remember that–and I think it was ZDNet, too.

]]> By: Whiskey Bravo http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2662 Whiskey Bravo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:35:58 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2662 Aw shucks, guys....I would <i>never</i> do that to a "hotlinker". heh. Aw shucks, guys.…I would never do that to a “hotlinker”.

heh.

]]> By: Rick Beckman http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2661 Rick Beckman Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:22:43 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2661 <a href='#comment-5820' class='comment_link' rel="nofollow">Sid Savara</a>: That's, of course, the biggest danger of hotlinking. You lose all control over the content you're using, and the content owner has complete freedom to load whatever the heck they want on your site. Worst case? Hotlinking could result in a family-friendly site being turned into a smut fest by those who don't appreciate their bandwidth being stolen. Sid Savara: That’s, of course, the biggest danger of hotlinking. You lose all control over the content you’re using, and the content owner has complete freedom to load whatever the heck they want on your site.

Worst case? Hotlinking could result in a family-friendly site being turned into a smut fest by those who don’t appreciate their bandwidth being stolen.

]]> By: Sid Savara http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2660 Sid Savara Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:10:57 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2660 My favorite was that one ZDNet (I think?) blog years back that hotlinked some Xbox image or something, and they (the site that was being leeched) replaced it with an embarrassing, photoshopped image of the author. Latest from Sid Savara: <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SidSavara/~3/386920973/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-the-harvard-written-goal-study" rel="nofollow">Fact or Fiction? The Truth About The Harvard Written Goal Study</a> My favorite was that one ZDNet (I think?) blog years back that hotlinked some Xbox image or something, and they (the site that was being leeched) replaced it with an embarrassing, photoshopped image of the author.

Latest from Sid Savara: Fact or Fiction? The Truth About The Harvard Written Goal Study

]]> By: Rick Beckman http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2659 Rick Beckman Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:13:31 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2659 <a href='#comment-5816' class='comment_link' rel="nofollow">Whiskey Bravo</a>: Aww, how sweet. :P That hotel dining scene is cinematic greatness. Whoa-whoa-whoa, nice shootin', Tex! Whiskey Bravo: Aww, how sweet. :P

That hotel dining scene is cinematic greatness.

Whoa-whoa-whoa, nice shootin’, Tex!

]]> By: Whiskey Bravo http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2658 Whiskey Bravo Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:37:50 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2658 Oh yeah! Just watched it again last night while working and again today. Saw the hotel dining room scene and thought of you. Oh yeah! Just watched it again last night while working and again today. Saw the hotel dining room scene and thought of you.

]]> By: Rick Beckman http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2657 Rick Beckman Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:37:24 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2657 <a href='#comment-5810' class='comment_link' rel="nofollow">Whiskey Bravo</a>: We're the best, we're the beautiful, we're the only Ghostbusters. Whiskey Bravo: We’re the best, we’re the beautiful, we’re the only Ghostbusters.

]]> By: Whiskey Bravo http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2656 Whiskey Bravo Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:46:28 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2656 "The flowers are still standing...." “The flowers are still standing.…”

]]> By: Whiskey Bravo http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2655 Whiskey Bravo Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:02:06 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2655 "It's ok, the table broke the fall..." “It’s ok, the table broke the fall…”

]]> By: Whiskey Bravo http://rickbeckman.org/hotlinking-etiquette/#comment-2654 Whiskey Bravo Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:09 +0000 http://rickbeckman.org/?p=669#comment-2654 Rick: You and I talked about this not to long ago in relation to our site redesign. You know my love for hotlinkers....NOT. MySpace people are the WORST at hotlinking. Until I put a stop to it, we had hotlinks from all over the place running up our bandwidth on our corporate website. But then, after adding a little line of code and a gross picture--the hotlinks all went away. Now we just block the hotlink with our logo and be done with it. It really is amazing how irritating hotlinking can be when you are the victim of it on a significant scale--it not only runs up your bandwidth, but it skews your hit results if you don't have a way of editing it out. All said, you don't hotlink unless you have permission. That's the correct way to handle it. Rick: You and I talked about this not to long ago in relation to our site redesign. You know my love for hotlinkers.…NOT.

MySpace people are the WORST at hotlinking. Until I put a stop to it, we had hotlinks from all over the place running up our bandwidth on our corporate website. But then, after adding a little line of code and a gross picture–the hotlinks all went away. Now we just block the hotlink with our logo and be done with it.

It really is amazing how irritating hotlinking can be when you are the victim of it on a significant scale–it not only runs up your bandwidth, but it skews your hit results if you don’t have a way of editing it out. All said, you don’t hotlink unless you have permission. That’s the correct way to handle it.

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