Newsgroups : Alt : alt.internet.search-engines : 2006 Dec : Stolen image linked to thief by Google Images
| Subject: | Stolen image linked to thief by Google Images |
| Posted by: | "Purple Owl" (o..@owler.com) |
| Date: | 22 Dec 2006 04:33:43 |
My logo, an animated owl, appears on every page of my site and has done
for several years. Looking for 'animated owl' in Google Images, I find
my logo has been taken, renamed, and linked to an artist's site in
Turkey - instead of to me!
My logo no longer appears on this Turkish artist's page, but the
renamed version must still be in his 'images' folder, as Google finds
it there. I've written twice to ask for it to be removed, but had no
reply. However, I now find that when I click the hijacked image for a
full size version in Google Images, it takes me not to the requested
full sized image, but to a site in Turkish that looks like a web design
company.
Anybody know how I can get Google to remove the link to Turkey from my
copyright image? If my logo hadn't been renamed, of course it would
still lead to me, but because it has been renamed, I can't get at it to
claim it back.