Duplicate Content and Personal Web Sites?

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   sallybeaposted 9 years ago

   Duplicate Content and Personal Web Sites?
   
   If I were to use original images which I took and which appear in my Hubs - would they be considered to be duplicate content if I were to use them in my own Website?   Do images count as duplicate content - especially when one consider that the same images are posted on Pinterest and even by Google.
   
   

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   Diana Leeposted 9 years ago

   Seeing how we are able to use public domain pictures as well as our own or those of others who give us permission to, I would assume it not considered duplicate content. Your images are yours just like your writing is yours. So I understand why you ask. Good question.

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      sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      So I am assuming one can write an article, use your own photos and change the script to appear different, even if the subject is the same.

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   DJ Andersonposted 9 years ago

   Sally, this is REALLY out of my scope of knowledge.  But, I must put in my 2 cents worth.
   Bill writes a different hub every day.  He is famous for using a photo of really personal gifts from his big dog.  At least once a week, he includes the same photo.  It is a photo that he took of his dog's logs.
   
   I would think if you took the photo, you can use it over and over as you see fit.
   DJ.

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      sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It is only relevant because I write felting tutorials and I could so easily write another tutorial, somewhere else with different wording and use the same photos!  Would it be duplicate content then?

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      DJ Andersonposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I see your dilemma.  An answer to this, I do not know.
      If you changed your wording, ever so slightly, it may pass under the radar
      of the hp gods. 
      Wish I could be of more help.
      Good luck, Sally.
      DJ.

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      sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks DJ - perhaps I have to be satisfied with posting a link to my HubPages tutorials and write fresh stuff with new photos - it is just that it can be so time consuming to do so.

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   lisavollrathposted 9 years ago

   The duplicate content checkers do not screen for photos. I have photos used in my HubPages articles posted elsewhere, and they haven't been flagged as duplicate content.

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      sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks lisavollrath - I am glad to hear it because it is something I have been concerned about.  I appreciate your comment and reply, thank you.

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   agusfananiposted 9 years ago

   Hi, Sally. I also use my own pictures in different blogs, including for HupPages. They are my own pictures, their rights are mine, so I can use whenever and wherever I like.

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      sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      agusfanani - thank you very much.  I appreciate your taking the time to comment..

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   Chuckposted 9 years ago

   When I began writing for HubPages I learned that pictures are a good addition to my Hubs and have made it a point to take a lot of pictures and build up a large library of my own work. 
   
   I have not only used the same picture on both HubPages and my blog or other sites I write for but, where applicable I will use the same picture on more than one of my Hubs when the picture is a good fit on each of the Hubs.  Further, my wife posts many of the pictures I have previously published on HubPages and elsewhere on her Facebook and her account on the Russian classmates site odnoklassniki.  I have also sometimes  given permission to occasional requests by individuals or groups to use one of my pictures published on a Hub on their work provided they credit me as the owner of the photo.
   
   So far I have never had a problem with publishing photos more than once.

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      sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Chuck - that is really helpful, thank you so much for that.

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