but FT and DT had been my #2 and #4 earners, so they're holding me pretty flat overall.  Very frustrating, since it's not from a lack of uploading, I assure you.

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 25, 2012, 16:47

In fact, I have been steadily uploading like clockwork for pretty much four years, and my earnings charts for FT (and DT) look like a steady climb up a mountain, then all of a sudden falling into a valley a few months ago.  

Same here.
uploading like clockwork for pretty much seven years. and sudden falling into a valley.
They are not telling us the truth!

Thanks for digging this up and posting it here, Luis... but I have two reactions to his findings...

1. Duh.  I've always considered it to be common sense that you have to keep uploading to maintain a decent exposure level, not just at FT but everywhere.

2. This common sense approach to uploading doesn't explain the sudden cliff we all fell off a few months ago at FT, unless FT just rolled out this "constant uploading" algo recently.  I suspect there's something else that would account for many of us (especially Emeralds) getting knocked down all at once.  In fact, I have been steadily uploading like clockwork for pretty much four years, and my earnings charts for FT (and DT) look like a steady climb up a mountain, then all of a sudden falling into a valley a few months ago.   At all the other sites, my trendlines look like pretty consistent upward arrows... but FT and DT had been my #2 and #4 earners, so they're holding me pretty flat overall.  Very frustrating, since it's not from a lack of uploading, I assure you.

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 26, 2012, 18:33

Warren let agencies delete your pictures, don�t do it unless you are going to drop them in a near future

You may have missed the point, Luis.  I do NOT want FT selling THAT picture.  I might even go back and make it exclusive at DT. 
Maybe Not.  It sells pretty good on SS too.     

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 25, 2012, 16:47

for the ones that don�t read that often on FT forum take a look at the following link:
http://www.fotolia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=579103
...There is some sort of algorithm that prioritizes contributors that upload more frequently.

This is key bit of information. I have stopped submitting for several weeks and my sales everywhere have been pretty normal (for June), with one exception: Fotolia. There, sales fell off a cliff. My 7-Day rank suddenly (over a few days) dropped over 150 positions. Nothing remotely like this has happened to me there before. And I, as is said, all other sites are normal.

Yesterday I submitted five images and my FT sales jumped back up to almost normal.

Fololia's algorithm must kick in after a certain number of days of not submitting, and move your search engine results way, way back. Something to keep in mind.

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 25, 2012, 16:47

for the ones that don�t read that often on FT forum take a look at the following link:
http://www.fotolia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=579103
...There is some sort of algorithm that prioritizes contributors that upload more frequently.

This is key bit of information. I have stopped submitting for several weeks and my sales everywhere have been pretty normal (for June), with one exception: Fotolia. There, sales fell off a cliff. My 7-Day rank suddenly (over a few days) dropped over 150 positions. Nothing remotely like this has happened to me there before. And I, as is said, all other sites are normal.

Yesterday I submitted five images and my FT sales jumped back up to almost normal.

Fololia's algorithm must kick in after a certain number of days of not submitting, and move your search engine results way, way back. Something to keep in mind.

In order to maintain priority placement in the database you do need to consistently upload and submit images.  The more you submit the better your chances of visibility.  

Quote from: Perry on June 27, 2012, 12:24

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In order to maintain priority placement in the database you do need to consistently upload and submit images.  The more you submit the better your chances of visibility.  

So they want just quantity, not quality? They seem to get more stupid every minute.

Seems like a good argument for spacing out downloads and doing a few each week instead of doing them in large batches...

Quote from: Lagereek on June 27, 2012, 13:01

Blimey, one has to be some sort of a half-assed guru nowdays, all sorts of skullduggery and shadey stuff going on.

So true!!  Wish I was the type to just shoot, upload and forget, instead of worrying about the details of what site's doing what to whom. 

Yes, it's all turned into a big strategy. Let's see, at site A, upload 4 images today, but no more until the new moon. At site B, upload 20 today, but not similars. Space those out over 4 months or when the next solar flare occurs. That way you have a chance of them sliding through. And never upload on a full stomach. The server will NOT accept your images at all if you do.

It's getting that ridiculous!

Quote from: lisafx on June 27, 2012, 16:31

Quote from: Lagereek on June 27, 2012, 13:01

Blimey, one has to be some sort of a half-assed guru nowdays, all sorts of skullduggery and shadey stuff going on.

So true!!  Wish I was the type to just shoot, upload and forget, instead of worrying about the details of what site's doing what to whom. 

Yes, it's all turned into a big strategy. Let's see, at site A, upload 4 images today, but no more until the new moon. At site B, upload 20 today, but not similars. Space those out over 4 months or when the next solar flare occurs. That way you have a chance of them sliding through. And never upload on a full stomach. The server will NOT accept your images at all if you do.

It's getting that ridiculous!