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Thank you D, for taking the time to reply.
Your turf, your call
Can't wait for the new site to go live, good luck

Lol. I bet he makes more money than you and me. We can't afford his farts!
Yap but you can bookmark them deeper so it will be the same. The trick is to funnel a naive buyer into a sale and I'm sure they optimized the surf flow for that.
My last batch they removed all the bad keywords and approved the image. Istock reviewers are grown up.
Good point but as submitters probably won't have an Alexa toolbar installed, it won't have a lot of influence.

You need your coffee, FD 
I was talking to Mr D
Never mind, let's see the new and improved IStock up already. Can't wait
For now, there's one good news.
I don't have to login 4 times a day anymore. It's great actually, but will it last?

Off Topic,
FD,
months and months and months ago you gave us a list with recommended free utilities.
I downloaded them all and happily used your Registry Cleaner whenever needed.
I haven't got it anymore and I want it back.
Was it the Eusing?
Thank you

Oh don't spill my secrets here. 


Oh I'm too shy to pimp my site all the time. 
My goodies are on Essential Tools all tested and used daily. Your link is in the second section, or directly here. The third section is about handy monitor calibration tools, and the first section about general tools. I made somebody happy yesterday on the DT forum with the Advanced Renamer that I use all the time to rename my files to something unique and transparent.

Enjoy!

Hahaha, I have A Fan, lol. Actually, that list is my todo-list whenever I have to reinstall a PC. It's amazing how much free software you come across, install it, and then it works like crap or it crashes something. At least this stuff works so it's a handy selection. If you want an easy way to keep updated, add me on Twitter. I just use it once in a while to notify goodies and stuff.

My last batch they removed all the bad keywords and approved the image. Istock reviewers are grown up.
Good point but as submitters probably won't have an Alexa toolbar installed, it won't have a lot of influence.
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- In first point you are fairly right. They dont reject all my images for few bad keywords, its about 60/60% in this issue.
Maybe less or more but I thing that from time to time its going better and better (hands up iStock). I mention that in some post ago and I was positive surprised after first approved 3 bad keyword image because I think that about 20-30% of my images are rejected just for few wrong keywords or they reviewers realize that they have more job to do when they give splat from they moaning service (which link is hidden like snakes legs) for they bad decision while risking they job, so for them is easier way to delete ours few bad keywords and it is lets say win/win situation for reviewers and us but its not iStock's public statement policy.
Before that I think Stokas intention is in hair splittering or (Pain In The Ass pedant wanabee process thru horse glasses to screwing us for this minor thing, few bad keywords) how they make more traffic to they site like dog when run around tree to catch up his own tail while they have site maintains problems as all stock sites together x 2 or more (see below)

-- They potential droppings in list of first 500 ww will not be problem for image buyers but for them if someone potential site buyer want buy them (eg. Corbis, CreStock, flemishdreamblogspot.konj, suljo.konj  etc...) In this case they site price will drop down dramatically.
Blah blah which is story that not concern us at all...

Anyhow they drop they pressure on us by few % and try to invent hot water for us...

Michaelo bath is warming up, is soap still safely in you hands? 

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----Question for our Black Diamond queen LisaFx
I notice that you often use acronym PITA in you posts
As you and all of you see I am not native english speaker but I try it very hard and I was wandering what it means.
Is it from dictionary?
pita |ˈpētə| (also pita bread)
noun
flat hollow unleavened bread that can be split open to hold a filling.
ORIGIN modern Greek, literally ‘cake or pie’ ; compare with Turkish pide, in a similar sense (Burek).

or is it?

Pain In The Ass??? (some kind of preparation for Michaelo doubt with fart bath case and soap) 

I know in first place that same acronyms have different and opposite meanings depend from which village is who and in global scale it is big more problem in understanding.
EG
Burek in my language is one sort of PITA and it is tasty meal which dont have any rude connections with (Pain In The Ass) PITA
or like
iSTOCK-a = means CATTLE or LIVESTOCK in little declinations but have this meanings when some value you work like them
or brand name of FORD car KUGA which in my language means Black plague

PLS
Light me up or use more common words for nonnative english speakers...

THNX
Rude Suljo

Hi Suljo, yes it's Pain In The Ass.  Don't feel bad, everyone (including native English speakers) gets behind on Internet slang because it's evolving every five minutes.  But there is help, just go over to UrbanDictionary.com whenever you see something new.  I learn new slang there all the time.  Here's a couple you can practice on: OMFG, SOL, BRB

The little guy costs agencies money ...

Nevermind this; in the video it looked like search options were gone, but Andrew confirmed they'll stay

Hahahah!
I love Suljo's posts
He always makes me laugh. Very passionate parrot

I don't think Suljo hates IStock.
If he truly did, he would have stopped uploading.
I think he likes complaining, he's very vocal, and gets irritated by some of IStock's policies.
And he's right. I do too.
To keep it in a nutshell, everything about IStock is overly complicated.
Nothing (including searching) is ever easy over there.
Other sites can do it a lot better. Why won't they?

Regarding the new web site, I'm a 'one click surfing' woman.
Keep it simple, no moving parts on my screen.
And I'm not sure I like the sticky floating bar at the bottom of my screen.
I'll have to wait and see.
IStock is an important agency for all of us and a vital money-maker for many of you. Fingers crossed, they'll do well.

FD - no Twitter here
Trying to stay away, but if things change, I'll let you know. Tx

For images I use DeepMeta, and it really makes it easier. But when I have to upload audio... the story is different.

For example, let's say I uploaded an audio file, and I have to add data. If I add 51 instead of 50 keywords and click submit, it will go through whole process of uploading talent release, and it will return back to tell me that I have one keyword more. Also, it forgets if the file is a composition or a sound effect, and it forgets the key and the tempo of the music....
Things like this should really be simpler. At least, it should remember what I wrote before hitting submit button. It could also give me a warning that I entered one keyword more in real time, or at least at the moment of hitting submit button.

The worst thing is when after submitting you see only a blank page, which means that you have to do the complete process from the beginning. And this happens at least once every 10 files, which is very annoying.
I hope they will fix some of these things now. I hope they didn't bring their focus only on buyers needs (I know buyers are most important tho..)

Hi Dreamframer

yes, DeepMeta.
I don't have it.
My question is - but why DeepMeta at all? Why not fix the upload process itself?
Make it easier Istock, faster, simpler and more reliable!
All the other sites have managed to keep us happily uploading without the need for the installation of an extra tool.
It can be done.

And by the way, as far as I know, Deep Meta gives no help when it comes to vector, EPS files. Your metadata, keywords, titles, description, all lost.
DeepMeta or no DeepMeta the results are the same.
A blank page.
In my case, I don't see a point in installing it.

Can't wait for the new site.
Finally contributors will be able to upload their files (all formats) via IStock without having to fight various bugs and glitches.
Great, can't wait

Yes Lisa,
Basic meaning of the term "iStock" is a livestock. People are using the term normally when they talk about domestic animals like cows, pigs etc.
But when you say that someone is "iStock" that means what I said before. Someone who is "iStock" probably acts like a pig.