What's the best way to get links from images?

[andywozhere]

I have a few images that I have taken recently and I was wondering what might be the best way to use them. Ideally I would like to get a few links or some interest via social networks. I know I've a few options including:

• adding images directly to the website
• adding images to Flickr or similar
• adding images to Google+
• adding images to Facebook
• adding images to twitpic or similar

I was also intending in keeping some images to include directly in posts.

Should I concentrate posting images directly on the site or use social networks? Which social networks work well for images? How can I use images to get links?

[ChrisDyson]

If you want to build links from your images then you will need to allow hotlinking from your site - there is a great piece of code from Patrick Atloft and also a Wordpress plugin that will mean you can get links via this method but the script can be heavy on your bandwidth each month.

As for using your images as part of your social media then Pinterest and Flickr would be good places to start.

[Syed1]

Don't forget the Pininterest - if you have good images, incredible SEO potential there.

Also, find relevant websites who might find your images interesting - not difficult if your pics are unique and not-so-common. You can allow them to use it if they link to you.