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Well they gonna have to do something about it, thats for sure, as the search is now, page after page of series, etc, its totally pointless'
uploading anything. What for?  so it gets stuck in between 100 similar shots, never to see the light of day?
forget it.

I have just compared a few searches in DT and IS, and I didn't see a difference.  The searches were:

chinese food
fried chicken
new your city
sunset palm tree (IS required one step for for disambiguation)
mailbox
red car
red carpet

Both sites provided correct results.

Tried yorkshire, IS returns basically the region in Englad, DT a mix of it, the dog breed and the pudding.

Then I tried real coins, DT got me the Brazilian coins,  while IS offers me a disambiguation for either candid or real people.

I guess I prefer DT.

Let me start off by saying I very rarely buy any stock images so I don't know the ins and outs of the search engines.  The few times I have bought have been mostly at DT.

I have a lot of respect for Christian (the OP).  He's been in stock a very long time and knows his stuff, so he may very well be onto something here, but there are some misconceptions in this thread that should be addressed.

I think it makes sense to have acceptance ratio play a part in search placement.  People who consistently upload quality are more likely to be producing what buyers will want.  

Including the titles and descriptions should lead to more accurate results.  And allowing all relevant keywords rather than restricting contributors to a CV makes it possible to find images on DT that can never be found on IS because the relevant words aren't part of the CV.  I have seen this discussed here many times.

I have also heard buyers offer opposing views.  Some buyers have stated that they find it much easier to find what they are after on DT and some say the same thing about IS.  Horses for courses, I guess.

It has also been stated in this thread that mostly "low ballers" and "newbies" do well at DT.  That is just plain untrue.  I am very happy with my sales at DT and I don't fit those two categories.

Lately Dreamstime seems  to be experiencing some programming growing pains, so that might explain some wonky results in the short term, but ITLR, in most subject areas, their search seems, in my limited judgement, to generally return accurate results.

As for the content filter thread - not sure how that is relevant here.  I will say that I am happy that the reputable sites default to having the filter ON.  My models often go to the sites to see how their pictures are selling and I doubt most of them would be at all comfortable seeing themselves for sale next to nude, kissing lesbians or some of the other types of adult content available on some sites.  If people want to view nudes it is as easy as checking a box.  

Being familiar with your work, Christian, I believe if the buyers were seeing it, they would be buying it.   Hopefully the next search incarnation will have you getting better exposure

You counted my "mostly negative" posts?  How many were there?  I'll try for a more balanced approach.   

Maybe I misread the thread.  I could have sworn the OP was talking about search results.  Did you read the entire thread?  It seems some of his/her images were flagged for adult content.  The problem was with a few keywords.  Once flagged, they can only be "unfiltered" by contacting admin. 

Please don't attack me personally, FD.  You could easily have disagreed without discrediting me, personally.

I find it very interesting that DT used to have the best search engine about a year and a half ago (see here http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-big-6/who-has-the-best-'best-match'-search-engine-t6062/).

I guess the old adage "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it" applies here.