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« on: July 05, 2017, 15:56 »
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Wanted to ask people here - what is your favorite keywording tool?


ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2017, 16:22 »
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My brain.

« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2017, 01:44 »
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I do my keywording in Lightroom.
When I am working with an image of something I have never done before, I find the keywording tool in SS extremely useful

« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2017, 04:03 »
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Xpiks for both keywording and uploading. If I was to use my brain alone, as non native English speaker, I'd miss out lots of words I didn't know and I'd never learn them.
« Last Edit: July 06, 2017, 04:06 by qunamax »

« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2017, 04:19 »
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My brain.

Uppss, as in your Personal text: There is a crack in everything

 ;)

ShadySue

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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2017, 04:38 »
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Xpiks for both keywording and uploading. If I was to use my brain alone, as non native English speaker, I'd miss out lots of words I didn't know and I'd never learn them.
For sure, it's far more difficult for non-native speakers.

niktol

« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2017, 08:12 »
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Xpiks for both keywording and uploading. If I was to use my brain alone, as non native English speaker, I'd miss out lots of words I didn't know and I'd never learn them.

As a non-native English speaker, I'd risk to say that a keyword that you'll never learn because you never see it anywhere is a not a very good keyword. Brain it is.

« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2017, 09:08 »
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I partly agree. Yes majority of photos sell by the most basic keywords, after all, buyers are from all over the world and they as well might not know the English that well.

But there are specific words for specific shots that a buyer might be looking for and I just didn't come across them in an everyday life and there are some that just don't click to me at that moment.
One example would be one of my better selling receptionist shots where I just didn't ever hear about the term "concierge"(I know, it's not English but serves the point), yet that is the 80% of keyword searches for that file.
 
After all it's faster to click-out the unwanted ones than type in all from scratch even with autofill.
 
« Last Edit: July 06, 2017, 09:10 by qunamax »

niktol

« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2017, 09:26 »
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After all it's faster to click-out the unwanted ones than type in all from scratch even with autofill.

No problem, if it helps, it helps. The word "concierge" is pretty common in the US, I must say, not necessarily used only in the hospitality business. Understandably, not everyone is exposed to pop vocabulary, if living overseas, for example.
« Last Edit: July 06, 2017, 09:31 by niktol »

« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2017, 03:49 »
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I partly agree. Yes majority of photos sell by the most basic keywords, after all, buyers are from all over the world and they as well might not know the English that well.

But there are specific words for specific shots that a buyer might be looking for and I just didn't come across them in an everyday life and there are some that just don't click to me at that moment.
One example would be one of my better selling receptionist shots where I just didn't ever hear about the term "concierge"(I know, it's not English but serves the point), yet that is the 80% of keyword searches for that file.
 
After all it's faster to click-out the unwanted ones than type in all from scratch even with autofill.


And what's the average number of keyrods you end up with? 5? 15? 25?

« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2017, 04:06 »
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I'd say 30, but I try to max it where possible.

« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2017, 04:13 »
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I'd say 30, but I try to max it where possible.
Ok.
I've heard before that too many keywords are not good for the search engines at the sites...

« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2017, 04:57 »
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Heard that one too, looking out for it, but I've got a really small sample to pull any meaningful observation.
We strayed away from topic pretty much, was just pointing out how Xpiks makes life easier and it's free. 

illustrator

« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2017, 05:01 »
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stocksubmitter

« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2017, 08:28 »
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Microsoft Photo Tool, I have been using it since 2008. Good enough for goverment work.


 

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