If you need a pretty picture or photo to dress up a post, EveryStockPhoto.com is a great resource. It’s an aggregator of creative commons photos from Flickr, Buzznet and various other sources. In layman’s terms, “creative commons” means you should not use the material for commercial purposes and you should always link back or credit the original creator where possible. (more on Creative Commons)

Which basically means that you can use them on your personal blogs. Not only does the search work better than Google’s image search – it searches through descriptions and tags, you will avoid using a copyrighted image because these don’t show up on EveryStockPhoto.com at all.

Think about what you are writing in your post, and search on the site using the keywords that you have defined. You are almost guaranteed to find a photo that will compliment the mood or idea of your post perfectly.

Even if you want to remain anonymous, or you don’t take a lot of photos, your blog does not have to languish in text-only drudgery. Add some nice looking photos today!