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  • tical
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 6504
    #1

    SEO guys, question...

    I noticed some sites have images named like "something-blah(l5ua03).jpg"

    what is the purpose of the hash at the end of the image?
    112.020.756
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    • WiredGuy
      Pounding Googlebot
      • Aug 2002
      • 34512
      #2
      I would say image tracking, looking for people who are ripping off their images by giving a unique identifier to their images. I do that in my html code rather than images.
      WG
      I play with Google.

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        • baddog
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 107089
          #3
          They are probably just identifying the image themselves instead of making a proper alt tag.

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            • Nicky
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Mar 2003
              • 30071
              #4
              Originally posted by WiredGuy
              I do that in my html code rather than images.
              WG
              Thanks for sharing, now I gotta go through each page by hand though

              gfynicky @ gmail.com

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                • WiredGuy
                  Pounding Googlebot
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 34512
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Nicky
                  Thanks for sharing, now I gotta go through each page by hand though
                  It's a lot easier to do a SHA-1 hash check on files, that way you can rename your images to anything and still be able to find people ripping off your exact images.
                  WG
                  I play with Google.

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                    • tical
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2002
                      • 6504
                      #6
                      would someone using one of the same images that you are using on your page cause problems for you?

                      do se's go that deep looking for duplicate content?
                      112.020.756

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                        • WiredGuy
                          Pounding Googlebot
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 34512
                          #7
                          Originally posted by tical
                          would someone using one of the same images that you are using on your page cause problems for you?

                          do se's go that deep looking for duplicate content?
                          No, the se's would care if its the same image being used, its just the webmaster who wants to track who's ripping off their design/images/code. I'm guessing of course... not 100% sure.
                          WG
                          I play with Google.

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                            • tical
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2002
                              • 6504
                              #8
                              Originally posted by WiredGuy
                              No, the se's would care if its the same image being used, its just the webmaster who wants to track who's ripping off their design/images/code. I'm guessing of course... not 100% sure.
                              WG
                              gotcha, thanks for clearing that up
                              112.020.756

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                                • V_RocKs
                                  Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                  • Nov 2003
                                  • 32448
                                  #9
                                  I ripped all of your images... so sue me.

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                                    • Matiz
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Mar 2004
                                      • 1740
                                      #10
                                      I think they have a CMS that gives them the possibility to name the pics however they want. It adds the hash to prevent from the event with more than one pic with exactly the same filename on the server.
                                      ...

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