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Linda D Lester

8 Years Ago

Vistors

I notice I have two visitors that look at my photos all the time. Everyday now that is weird! Are they stealing the photos or painting who knows? Anyone else see this?

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Marlene Burns

8 Years Ago

we all see it...it is a fact of faa/pixels life.
they aren't people.
think of the the word visitor as 'hit' instead.
search engines are indexing your art so it can be found .

 

Joseph C Hinson

8 Years Ago

they're probably bots

 

Linda D Lester

8 Years Ago

Thank you that is great to know!

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

even if you knew 100% that they were stealing them - what would you do about it?

if you see stuff like that they are either bots or customers. best not to even look.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Joshua House

8 Years Ago

It's search bots. They're how google finds your work.

 

Phyllis Beiser

8 Years Ago

Linda, run a reverse image search on those photos in question. That way you will know if they are being 'used' anywhere else.

 

Bradford Martin

8 Years Ago

From the image page if you hover over the location ( in the file page view) it shows you the IP address. You can then do a Google search for the IP address. That can give you an idea of who is visiting. Some of what we call bots is actually just visits from people using wireless carriers such as Verizon. Other bots are used by social media and yet others are used by companies that sell information about web sites. And some are just proxy servers for other servers. A lot of what people think is bots is actual real people visits. The locations are just physical locations of servers and do not always reflect the location of the visitor. As more people connect via wireless devices expect more visits from places like Beverly Hills, where big servers are located.

 

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