It's probably not what you want to hear in the first sentence of this article, but… You cannot protect your images which you have placed online.  That's just a fact.  However  you can make it more difficult to obtain your images, make your images less useful for the thief and even track down the thief and pursue legal actions against them.  This article will explain several basic stops to discourage thieves from taking your images.  Future articles in this series will cover more advanced ways of tracking your stolen images around the globe and how to start legal action once you do find them.

I spent quite a bit of time researching how to get started selling art at all the various art shows around the country.  There was a lot of disjointed information out there, but then someone send me this article below.  It was the most informative and comprehensive source I'd read.   Normally I would just introduce the topic and then link to the author's page; however in this case the article came to me as a .pdf file and I cannot find any reference to the author's name nor website (a great example of why you always need to use bylines on your work). 

You may be the very best at what you do (and most likely you are not), but either way it matters not if you cannot keep people on your website (or get people to your site in the first place).  Below seven time tested ideas for enhancing your photography site.   This is certainly not all inclusive in any way.  It’s just a “short list” of what I do on my own sites and for my own web development customers (I have been doing web design for eleven years now).