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Agency Based Discussion => Alamy.com => Topic started by: dbvirago on January 31, 2013, 19:00

Title: Need Alamy keyword help.
Post by: dbvirago on January 31, 2013, 19:00

I was looking for a new image of mine and thought the search wasn't working. In the essential keywords, I entered Bartlett Pears. If I search on Pears, this image doesn't show up, but does under bartlett pears. Another image has Fried Chicken in the essentials keywords and does not show up in a search for chicken, only fried chicken. I think I have seriously misunderstood how to keyword my images here. I have read the section on Captions, keywords and descriptions and didn't get that this is how it would work.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help.

Title: Re: Need Alamy keyword help.
Post by: ShadySue on January 31, 2013, 19:02

That's really odd, as Alamy's search doesn't have compound keywords, so even if you keyworded, Bartlett Pears, it should show up OK on pears.
Did you double-check pear/pears?

Title: Re: Need Alamy keyword help.
Post by: dbvirago on January 31, 2013, 19:09

Yup. Do a search there and choose new. Under pears there is one in the last week not mine, under bartlett pears, there is also only one - mine.

Title: Re: Need Alamy keyword help.
Post by: ShadySue on January 31, 2013, 19:18

I tried it.
In barlett pears, there is only one in the past 'month', so I guess yours is one with pears in a bowl and one on the table with a wedge cut out with a knife?
If so, yours is the 16th pic on the the second page on a search for 'pears', sorted by age.

Title: Re: Need Alamy keyword help.
Post by: dbvirago on January 31, 2013, 20:29

Thanks. Didn't realize how quickly it could get buried.