keyplyr - 6:44 am on Sep 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

I let users download them, but not the SEs.

I know what you meant Bill, I was only joking.

I take a slightly different tactic. I block all image requests from off-site origins, but I do allow the Big 3 (4?) SEs to put most image files in their image search libraries.

When the SE users click on these thumbnailed images, instead of the SE's page that hot-links to my image file, my scripting displays the page of origin (my site.) Thus my 10k images serve another function to increase traffic.