Including an image with your Orato article not only gives it more visual appeal, it also offers you an opportunity to enhance your keyword density with an optimized photo caption.
But finding a suitable photo can sometimes be a challenge, particularly if you’re reporting from afar and need images you can’t take yourself.
Photos enhance articles with visual appeal and keyword density. Photo by Mike Baird.
Free Photo Sources
Before using a photo you find on someone else’s blog, news site or company Web site, keep in mind that while it’s easy to copy and paste, you can’t legally republish photos from any other Web site without first getting permission (unless it’s a creative commons image). If you can get permission, please state that the photo is reprinted with permission from the source.
If you can’t get permission, there are many online sources of photos that are available to use license-free.
Our favourite here is Flickr Creative Commons. Use the Advanced Search feature to select photos under the “Creative Commons” and “for commercial use” licenses, and post away.
Other sources of royalty-free photos include:
Uploading and Crediting Your Images
Use the upload bar to load your images. Then, add a photo caption that reinforces your primary and/or secondary keywords – the ones you’ve used in your title and subtitle. Your caption should ideally be a short sentence, formatted in sentence case and ending with a period.
This is also the place to credit your photographer. Add “Photo by [photographer’s name].” after the caption.
In the photo source box, paste the link to the site where you got the photo, unless that is not possible. If the photo is your own, you can include a link to its online home, or simply leave this field blank.
You can add up to five images to an article, each with its own caption. Keep in mind that articles without images won’t display on the Orato home page, and won’t be nearly as attractive as those with pretty pictures.
