They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when it comes to link building, a picture can quite literally be worth a thousand links. People love infographics for all kinds of reasons. That probably explains why ‘infographic link building’ has been a thing for well over a decade. And while they’re a bit less popular than Simple Ways once were, mostly because people went overboard with them a few years ago, interesting and well-designed ones can still attract plenty of backlinks. If you look below the image, they’ve credited us with a link. However, this link points to the actual image file itself, not the post where it comes from.
This isn’t ideal because
Image links are a dead-end for PageRank and probably aren’t helping our page rank in Google. Here’s how to find and claim proper attribution for these types of image links: a) Find executive data improper attributions Paste your website into Ahrefs’ Site Explorer, go to the Backlinks report, then search for .png or .jpg in the URLs of backlinks: Automate the discovery of unauthorized image use Using Google for reverse image searches is entirely free, but it’s time-consuming if you have many images to check. Plus, you have to repeat the process every few months if you want to keep on top of unauthorized image use. The solution to this problem is to use a paid tool like Image Raider.
For a monthly Simple Ways
This tool monitors the web for embeds of up to 10,000 images. Just sign up, create a list, then add the images you want to monitor. Just know that what Image Raider B2C Database calls infringements might not actually be infringements. That’s because the tool doesn’t check whether the pages link to you. You can solve that problem by exporting the URLs list from Image Raider and running a custom search in Screaming Frog to bulk-check for links on the pages. It’s then just a case of sifting through the export and choosing which, if any, sites you want to contact. All the above might sound like a lot of work, but once you get your head around it, it should only take 15-20 minutes a month. Even if you only get one or two links out of that, it’s not bad. 3. Use the TRUST formula You can only claim so many backlinks from existing images.
