Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The icon has various iterations, but all convey the same meaning: an image should be here. Christopher Schaberg, CC BY-SA It’s ...

It’s happened to you countless times: You’re waiting for a website to load, only to see a box with a little mountain range where an image should be. It’s the placeholder icon for a “missing image.” ...

It's happened to you countless times: You're waiting for a website to load, only to see a box with a little mountain range where an image should be. It's the placeholder icon for a “missing image.” ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Schaberg, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) It’s ...