Does Using Stock Photos Hurt Search Engine Rankings?

Here’s an interesting SEO question. Does using stock photos hurt your search engine rankings? Matt Cutts explains that using stock photos does not help or hurt your position in Google Search. But this might be something they include later on in the algorithm, as a signal for quality. So for instance, sites that include original photos not stock would be considered higher quality and rank better than those that simply republished images. Could be something to consider if your site is photo intensive. Start including original photos now.

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