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Miamacs - 12:37 pm on Nov 11, 2007 (gmt 0)
... Since when has the .htaccess been in place? You might need to wait for its full effects to play out... also what server response does it send when an image is hotlinked? 403,401,404? Heaven forbid it's a 200...? ... If nothing else works, you can do the following. Although you might have been doing it already, I don't know, for I've never asked, but you sure have a lot of problems with Image Search ( who doesn't though ). Make all hotlinking requests redirect to an image that is... uh... *really* irritating. I mean extremely. Nothing offensive, just something no one would want to see on their sites. Like a few words of copyright notice... mentioning lawsuits and stuff *smirk* A very simple, small ( so it'd fit even if downsized to match the various widths and heights provided in the HTML ) and low-color ( black, white, red ) image would do. Alternatively make that pic a few (hundred) Mbytes in size. ... It'll work like a charm, especially with a notice sent to those who've been doing it extensively. Believe me... I've done this before.
Mm... yeah but it's not like they're not shown, rather that your server acts as if they weren't even there, if the protection is set up properly. Meaning Google won't associate the two URLs ( the URL of the image on your site, and the forum comments ) for all they care, it's a broken link and that's that.