As soon as I got my payout... I wrote support and asked to be deleted. The images were gone in a couple days.... however, they still turn up on the web when surfing and link back to 123rf.... why?
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Same reason that my Fotolia photos still show in searches, including Image Exchange and SpiderPics. They are on the web in the search databases, but when you go to the site 123 or Fotolia for example, there is nothing. I removed mine over two months ago and they still pop up now and then. But they don't exist for sale or anyplace where someone can buy them. (well yes, on IS and SS, but nowhere that they have been removed) It's not the stock agency at fault, it's the structure of the Internet.
There is a problem with information on the internet that while it's constantly being added, it isn't removed as fast. I can point you to a restaurant that went out of business four years ago, that has a wrong listing, using the owners home address. Now go figure how bad that is! Double dip wrong and four years out of date as well.
Want really old? My fax number was listed for a group collecting data for an international organization. That was in the 80s in the days of Fidonet, pre-internet popularity, when BBSs were local dial-up. I still get faxes from people over 22 years later!
I hope that explains why your photos show up in searches even if they are no longer on a website or agency.
