In light of 2257 and using sponsor hosted galleries...

[Toby]

The biggest problem that I see is that the hosted galleries are not within your direct control. A major change at the sponsor, and suddenly your gallery links are 404's or redirects.

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Toby

The biggest problem that I see is that the hosted galleries are not within your direct control. A major change at the sponsor, and suddenly your gallery links are 404's or redirects.

This is a good point Toby. But, i think most of the larger LL's are now using link checking bots that look for 404s and redirects.