What is Hot Linking?

[image]                                                          What is hotlinking ?

HotLinking is the placing of a linked object, often an image, from one site into a web page belonging to a second site. The second site is said to have a hotlink to the site where the object is located. HotLinking is also known as inline linking, leeching, direct linking or bandwidth theft. http://www.xarj.net/2007/image-hotlinking-google-image-search/

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