1. Why should I use PicApp?
2. What is PicApp?
3. What is a PicApp image?
4. What do I gain from PicApp?
5. What is the PicApp WordPress plug-in?
6. What is the PicApp RSS?
7. Can I make money with PicApp?
8. Why register?
9. Is there a registration cost?
10. Where can I use PicApp images?
11. Who’s using PicApp today?
12. Where can I find more information?
13. Where do the images come from?
14. Embedding images using Typepad

1. Why should I use PicApp?
   Why not? (-:
   But seriously, Remember the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words"? Well, it turns out that a picture is worth 84.1 words, to be exact, according to the folks at the ESP Workshop in Cambridge.
   So add value to your site with an extra 84.1 words by becoming a PicApp member:
        - Take your blog to the next level with the highest quality, up to date images for FREE (while we make sure our content partners are paid for their valuable content).
        - Save time. Stop wasting time looking for the perfect image in generic image search engines.
        - Drive additional traffic to your blog with our SEO Booster, a mechanism embedded in each of our images, which guarantees images are indexed by search engines.
   In short – PicApp enables you to improve the visual appeal of your blog, convey your ideas and drive extra traffic to you blog!

   

2. What is PicApp?
   PicApp is an application for adding high-quality, legal, editorial or creative images to blogs and websites –Registration (optional) is free, and PicApp members have legal access to the best and most current stock photo collections on the web.

   

3. What is a PicApp image?
   A PicApp image enables publishers, bloggers, and website owners to incorporate high-end images from stock photography leaders in their online destination. The content is licensed to the publisher free of charge under the website terms and includes an advertising mechanism to facilitate royalties to the content owners for their valuable images.

   

4. What do I gain from PicApp?
   PicApp provides publishers access to the best and latest images available for publishers on the web. For example, publishers writing about today’s Red Carpet event or a Movie Premiere can immediately illustrate their point with high quality image from the scene! Sport bloggers can post the latest images of the wining athlete and News bloggers can cover daily events just like main stream journalists.

   

5. What is the PicApp WordPress plug-in?

   PicApp is all about making it easy to publish images, which is why we created the PicApp plug-in, it is a client module located on your WordPress administration panel that allows you to embed editorial and creative images into your blog posts, straight from your WP editor.

   View demo of how to use the plug-in.

   Download the plug-in.

   

6. What is the PicApp RSS?

   As much as we like having you around site, we want to make it easier for you to use our images, hence our RSS feeder.
   Simply register you search term/s and we’ll send notifications to your RSS reader whenever we have new images that match your search term. You can register as many search term as you want.

   

7. Can I make money with PicApp?
   Coming soon, so stay tuned!

   

8. Why register?
   By registering with PicApp you allow us to get to know you better, and remember what you like and don’t. This in turn means your search is faster, you see what images just came in, and you get creative ideas about your blog post. Here are some of the features you should expect to see once you are registering:
        - Custom Search Feeds: Let the images come to you through your RSS tool
        - First access to our newest tools and gadgets
        - Updates: On current events and general technical improvements
        - Suggestions: For images we think could be relevant for your next post
   

   

9. Is there a registration cost?
   Absolutely not!

   

10. Where can I use PicApp images?
    You can use PicApp images on any blog and website under the terms.

    

11. Who’s using PicApp today?
    Blog Networks, Online publishers, bloggers and any website owners that are looking for creative or editorial images to enhance their blog.

    

12. Where can I find more information?
    The PicApp team has created various sources to help you out – blog and email – discover@picapp.com

    

13. Where do the images come from?
    Images are supplied by the leading news and photo agencies who license images to PicApp such as Getty Images, Corbis , Image Source , Jupiter Images , Newscom , Pacific Coast News and more.

    

14. Embedding images using Typepad
    If you're using Typepad make sure to not only paste the embed code while in the Html View (and not in the Rich Text view) but also that the last "save" you do of the post before it’s published is done in the Html View.
    This will ensure image is displayed properly.

    

Technical

1. What blog platform does PicApp operate on?
   PicApp operates on all standard blog platforms – such as Blogger, Vox, Movabletype, Typepad, WordPress.org (self-hosted), WordPress.com and others. If you noticed that your blog platform does not operate with us, let us know and we’ll do something about it.

2. Will the PicApp image work on a site with Google AdSense?
   Absolutely! The two are unrelated.

3. Do you have RSS feeds?
   Yes! This feature is continuously being enhanced, but you must register in order to take advantage. Our RSS feature allows publishers to save favorite searches, and be notified when new and relevant images arrive. Click here, to register.

4. Can I take out the strip showing related thumbnails?
   No. Please keep in mind, the gadget is the monetization mechanism used so that we can continue providing you with such high-end, up-to-the-minute content and pay royalties to content owners and photographers for their valuable images.

5. Embedding images using Typepad
   If you're using Typepad make sure to not only paste the embed code while in the Html View (and not in the Rich Text view) but also that the last "save" you do of the post before it’s published is done in the Html View. This will ensure image is displayed properly.

6. Solve problem with Window Live Writer editor:
   While using Window Live Writer editor a white space appears under the picture. This occurs when switching from normal to code view, after the PicApp code is inserted, due to a flash script generated. To avoid this, simply erase the additional script.

   

Content

1. What kind of images are available on PicApp?
   PicApp provides high-end, up-to-the-minute images including: creative, celebrities, sports, current events, politics and much more. These images are provided by the leading worldwide content providers.

2. Why should I use high-end stock photography?
   Stock photography refers to photos taken by leading photographers that are used in high quality publications such as magazines and newspapers in order to engage readers with the articles. PicApp formed partnerships with the world's leading stock photography libraries so that you can use these images in your site... free of charge!

3. How does this content differ from what I can find today on search engines image sections (i.e. Google\Yahoo images)?
   PicApp images give you various advantages over images you can find today on the web: (1) You don't have to settle for second-best. PicApp images are the best.
   (2) While image search engines guess what is the content of the image, all PicApp images are professionally tagged so you know that when you search for "boy puppy sunset smile" you'll find exactly that!
   (3) When you use images found on the web with no permission from the content owner, it is very likely you are infringing on someone's copyright without even knowing about it. With PicApp you don't have to worry about any of that since use of picapp images is completely, 100% legal under the terms.
   (4) When you use picapp images you drive additional traffic to your blog, with our SEO Booster, a mechanism embedded in each of our images that guarantees images are indexed by search engines.

   

How to

1. To add a PicApp image follow the 3 step process:
   (1) Go to www.picapp.com and SEARCH for the image you want. You can search by keyword, or browse the latest images for your editorial content on the “Most Recent” tab.
   (2) Click on the image you like to see the image preview and get the image embed code.
   (3) COPY and PASTE the code into your blog...
        Voila! You are done.
   
   You can also see the demo movie for further details.
   

   Another way to embed images is by using our WordPress plug-in

2. Change my email address:
   For any change in your account setting please send a request to discover@picapp.com. Our team will be automatically notified.

3. Forgot my password:
   Simply go to the Login section’ and click ‘Lost your password’. The system will automatically send you an email.

4. Contact the PicApp team:
   There are so many ways to contact us.
   Another way is through our blog, and we’ve got an email address too – discover@picapp.com. So, give us a shout, we’re waiting to hear from you.