Comments on: Petition to stop the use of cheesy stock images on blogs http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html Welcome to Kieron's blog - the life and times of an Internet Marketeer Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Leaving The Day Job http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3501 Leaving The Day Job Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:51:49 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3501 No discussion of stock photography is complete without mention of Everywhere Girl. Immortalised by The Inquirer website this girl's sole photoshoot has been used by so many companies on so many websites it stopped being funny a long, long time ago. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=24735 No discussion of stock photography is complete without mention of Everywhere Girl. Immortalised by The Inquirer website this girl’s sole photoshoot has been used by so many companies on so many websites it stopped being funny a long, long time ago.

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]]> By: Mike http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3497 Mike Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:30:03 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3497 Nothing worse if you are on a slow connection waiting for the meaningless picture to download. Unless they add value to a post, I wish people would stop using them in their blogs. Nothing worse if you are on a slow connection waiting for the meaningless picture to download. Unless they add value to a post, I wish people would stop using them in their blogs.

]]> By: Affy http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3477 Affy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:13:33 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3477 I know a corporate website where the pictures of people working turned up a week later in a Kenco coffee advert. A website in our industry, nontheless. There's also a woman that's always used in photos to advertise bingo and the suchlike - in one of the missus's trashy magazines, she was on one page as a "competition winner" and a couple of pages later advertising something completely different. I've found her! http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=325112 She gets everywhere. I look like a stalker now, don't I? I know a corporate website where the pictures of people working turned up a week later in a Kenco coffee advert. A website in our industry, nontheless.

There’s also a woman that’s always used in photos to advertise bingo and the suchlike - in one of the missus’s trashy magazines, she was on one page as a “competition winner” and a couple of pages later advertising something completely different.

I’ve found her! http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=325112

She gets everywhere. I look like a stalker now, don’t I?

]]> By: Lee McCoy http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3467 Lee McCoy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:26:04 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3467 Cheese is good! Is there any particular site that got your goat so much that it promoted you to post? We'd all love to see it! :-) Cheese is good! Is there any particular site that got your goat so much that it promoted you to post? We’d all love to see it! :-)

]]> By: Marc http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3466 Marc Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:07:51 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3466 LOLOLOL - the classic two men shaking hands. So true. LOLOLOL - the classic two men shaking hands. So true.

]]> By: YC http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3465 YC Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:58:07 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3465 I've always wondered about this as well! But they probably work - just look at all the cheesy pictures on the marketers' sites and salespages! I’ve always wondered about this as well! But they probably work - just look at all the cheesy pictures on the marketers’ sites and salespages!

]]> By: Tye http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3463 Tye Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:49:19 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3463 2 men shaking hands!!! - I don't know how many times I've been designing a brochure or website with a client sat with me who wants to remove all the good pics - but doesn't know what to replace them with only to decide at the last minute on "2 men shaking hands!!!" Agreed - it has to go 2 men shaking hands!!! - I don’t know how many times I’ve been designing a brochure or website with a client sat with me who wants to remove all the good pics - but doesn’t know what to replace them with only to decide at the last minute on “2 men shaking hands!!!” Agreed - it has to go

]]> By: Simon http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3462 Simon Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:50:23 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3462 But I always fall for them ;) They're so "call to action"! But I always fall for them ;)

They’re so “call to action”!

]]> By: Chris Frost http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-3460 Chris Frost Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:21:18 +0000 http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/petition-to-stop-the-use-of-cheesy-stock-images-on-blogs.html#comment-3460 You missed one! How could you possibly forget the WORLD with some sort of zipping light speeding round meant to resemble some sort of Network! You missed one! How could you possibly forget the WORLD with some sort of zipping light speeding round meant to resemble some sort of Network!

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