Thanks @Cobalt & @InjusticeForAll

It's good to know that you're not alone in the downward trend - of course it would be nicer if things were looking up for everyone

I had already flirted a little with the 2,000 position, but now it's heading strongly towards 4,000 ^^

misery loves company and all that
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lots of sport themes around the olympics, lots of family and people doing summer things, lots of ai related themes etc...

I have to admit that after my account block in October '23 I didn't dare to upload pictures on the subject of the Olympics - the Olympics is a subject with many legal problems and I can't afford another account block :-)

This week I have 109 downloads on Friday evening, position 3,450.

Yes,exactly,a good idea is to try to represent something protected by IP in a generic way,so that it doesn't violate copyright.

apart from someone who genuinely makes a mistake,without meaning to,many believe they are smart,they first go through the review and then change the title and maybe keywords,adding brand names,and various IP,trying to increase sales this way.

I often find generic photos on Adobe Stock with brand names and events protected by copyright,these images would never have passed review with that type of indexing,and it is clear that they modify them after the review.

this is a very dangerous game,because sooner or later Adobe obviously finds these contents indexed irregularly and then blocks begin.

Is weekly rank only Downloads?

Does anyone know for sure, for a fact, what the truth is, and how Weekly Rank - which is actually Position, is calculated?

Was that a really tough question and no one really knows?

I was working on, maybe it changes at Midnight, but the DLs number changes as they occur? So considering that and some from the past, maybe the variable is WHEN is it calculated as well?

@Pete,the key factor is most likely "when" it is calculated,and in my opinion the number of sales is the rank,but the weekly ranking changes a lot,obviously I think that what really matters is the complete ranking,that for me continues to go better,let's say I recover 100 positions every week in the complete ranking.

@Cobalt I see that you are going down quite a bit  , but i think because for the sales system,you have already reached your goal this month,as you have already earned 50% more than April 2023,and is giving more space to others,because in my opinion,Adobe's sales system must give space to everyone,and over time it allows you to increase sales,at least this is my experience.

next month you will go back up again!

I don't know about uploading to other agencies,yesterday I was comparing my sales on SS in April with the April sales of another contributor who has a much more varied portfolio than mine,as he is lucky enough to travel a lot and have more money to invest than me in general,but despite this I earned more than him on SS,even though I don't have big sales this month on SS.

in my opinion,as I have already said,uploading to other agencies is no longer of much use,it only serves to increase the race to the bottom.

as far as I'm concerned,working only on Adobe brings me many advantages,I have the opportunity to take care of my portfolio in a better way in many aspects.

I believe that someone want to base the portfolio with AI,need to produce in very large quantities,which is why I prefer to focus on real and hybrid content,because producing large quantities isn't really my style.

However,if anyone is interested in my opinion,I don't think that AI content can have a long life,of course it can be sold,but it is too easy to replicate and in general there is too much competition,working only with AI can result in a huge waste of time in the long term.

I dom�t think it makes a big difference because ai can also copy normal photos easily.

Only editorial would be safe from ai.

But the majority of new producvers just make copies of copies of existing content, just like they do with normal photos.

However with ai, the content is now at least well lit and has a professional look.

You still need to build a port and find your niche.

After the gold rush many ai producers will move on to the next thing.

I don't agree with this 

there is a lot of content that AI simply can't do,not just editorial,just as there is content that only AI can do,that's why it's important to try to do everything,if possible.

I definitely still have a lot of work to do,but more than anything it's also a question of time.

I am quite certain that even if I continue to upload only 20 contents per month I will continue to earn more,because I already have thousands of contents and above all it is a question of time.

but obviously I don't want to do this experiment because the quantity certainly has its weight.

better to always continue to give the best.

to change the world you have to be a dreamer!

Exactly same trend for me I was around position 3000 and in a couple of week I'm down to 4690

About how position is calculated, my opinion is that it counts last seven days and is updated continuously day by day, so if you have a great day you go up even if the day after should be very poor. It's not calculated on fixed week monday/sunday (for example) but it's from today plus six days back downloads

Well, we might be going down, but Adobe itself is still selling well. Otherwise our ranking would go up even if our sales are slowing down.

So we simply don't have the right content for what buyers are looking for right now.

I did upload quite a bit of summer content, but I think it arrived too late and just like with people I have no footsteps in the summer algos.

Next year will be better.

I do have spring and summer seasonal content, so I can�t use that excuse. This Monday is even worse, I think if portal is on the downward, then it�s shown less. What�s interesting is that my images that are selling usually well, stopped selling but images that never sold are now selling, but are one hit wonders.

I wonder if algorithms changed?

PS: for example I have older traditional photograph that I�ve made to png that use to  sell every day, it�s timeless, not seasonal - now it stopped. My seasonal best seller also stopped

It�s strange that from this thread we are all going downwards. Did I miss anyone? Anyone is selling well?

There is someone here who,despite being an active contributor,that upload at least 30-40 content per month on average,did earn less than April 2023?

I earned already 50% more than in April 2023,so the ranking doesn't matter,for the moment everything is fine!

we are all in the hands of the sales system.

fortunately Adobe's sales system is the best among all agencies,because it allows everyone to grow and earn more over time,unless you are a terrible contributor who only has photos of stones indexed in a generic way,well,in this case I don't think the sales system can help you much!

Quote from: cobalt on April 29, 2024, 09:03

Well, we might be going down, but Adobe itself is still selling well. Otherwise our ranking would go up even if our sales are slowing down.

So we simply don't have the right content for what buyers are looking for right now.

I did upload quite a bit of summer content, but I think it arrived too late and just like with people I have no footsteps in the summer algos.

Next year will be better.

I do have spring and summer seasonal content, so I can�t use that excuse. This Monday is even worse, I think if portal is on the downward, then it�s shown less. What�s interesting is that my images that are selling usually well, stopped selling but images that never sold are now selling, but are one hit wonders.

I wonder if algorithms changed?

PS: for example I have older traditional photograph that I�ve made to png that use to  sell every day, it�s timeless, not seasonal - now it stopped. My seasonal best seller also stopped

It�s strange that from this thread we are all going downwards. Did I miss anyone? Anyone is selling well?

There seems to be a shake up in the algos, all my test searches look different. But I still have content in roughly the same positions, but it is different content, often newer.

It does not seem to affect sales, but perhaps some files will get some fresh love.

This is the May first week with public holidays in many countries. Many people taking the whole week off.

Next week will be interesting.

Actually a good time for Adobe to reset algos, it will creep in gradually.

eta

over all agencies compared to April 23 I am up by 60%, but down 54% compared to March 24.

But the overall trend is encouraging, so we will see.

Illustrations are still 5-10% of my total sales, even though now nearly half my uploads are illustrations. I hope it will pay off next year.

Must do more video and normal photos...

Weekly and Lifetime positions are simply cached and are updated every hour

my rank improved a little bit to 5380

also selling some files that never had a sales

my test searches find my images in decent positions, but it is often different content from the same genre. looks like they are mixing things up a bit, which is probably a good thing.