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In the beginning of last week I asked 8 of my regular clients, 6 in the UK and 2 in Stockholm to keep a score of HOW they used the search, irrespective of site or whatever. Take in mind, these are all regular buyers, AD-agencies, graphics and designers and they dont mind spending either.

Every single one of them NEVER wasted any more time then to search first 3 or 4 pages, if no dice, on to the next site and the overwhelming majority used phrases.

None of them used any other then "relevant" or like the IS "best match" many didnt even think about it, or the search within,  in spite of years of buying.

All in all, one guy, an AD and a friend, said, no we are trying to work here and havent got the time to look too long for shots.

Well, ofcourse you cant judge it by just a few buyers like this but my hunch is that this is the way the majority work unles theyre looking for an RM shot or something that costs a heck of a lot more money.

thanks for the info.

Dreamstime on the other hand claim that 20-25% of people use categories in their searching..

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Cheers!  interesting, the category-search, one would have thought the categories plays a minor part.

Yes, titles don't count in istock searches, but they do count for Google searches. I have no idea how many people looking for an image to buy go to Google first.