I keep getting a bunch of 404 (Not found) crawl error listed in my Google Webmaster... They say my image links are not found?... Strangely the links that say are not found are completely valid: (http)://www.onlinecorporatedocs.com/images/image.php?id=8... but when you click on the Googlr Webmaster hotlink they change to an invalid link: (http)://www.onlinecorporatedocs.com/images/image.php%3Fid%3D8 My site is: (http)://onlinecorporatedocs.com/ which has many .jpgs incorporated thru .php They all seem to com from weird websites like this: (http)://secretary.fireventura.com/connecticutsecretaryofstate/ (http)://secretary.themetrotal.com/connecticutsecretaryofstate/ (http)://www.teenchennai.com/?s=ma-secretary-of-state-certificate-of-good-standing These sites seem to dynamically embed my websites images (Along with others) locations into their site with no link of the image to and text that matches thru some sort of .php script... What are these sites and why is someone creating them? Will I be penalized by Google for this? How can I prevent my images from being ripped off?
It's auto generated crap that most likely gets them backlinks and ad revenues.... htaccess -> http://www.htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/ Good luck!