2 Weeks Of Blocking Google Image Search - The Results

About two weeks ago I wrote a post about blocking Google Image Search from getting your images.

Just in case anyone out there is curious - image theft/bandwidth leeching has dropped pretty much 100% since blocking it. This chart represents the number of new bandwidth leechers each day (as reported by Thiefinder):

And guess what, the site is still growing. If that doesn’t convince you how pointless Google Image Search is I don’t know what will. It’s a bit like submitting your blog to 5,000 RSS directories - it hurts more than it helps. All it does is result in theft, theft, and more theft.

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