If we were having this conversation a couple years from now I bet the subject would include "geotagging", but for now... the question is - do you put the location of your photograph in your keywords, subject or description?   Does it belong on location shots?  I've been drifting away from including locations, but does it affect sales?

I think about this from time to time, especially today with 9 DT sales all searched by the keyword "Manitoba".   (A province in Canada).   One day both Leaf and I had an abundance of Saskatchewan dl's  - likely same buyer thanks to our common keyword.

I feel that a buyer deserves as much information as possible - but often location keywords are rejected.  How would an editor in Romania know what a Manitoba is when they look at keywords?  The newish (and quite progressive) Zymmetrical,  removes the description field from our data which must make it tough to search for travel or scientifically labeled photos.  So, what happens to the micro buyer who is proud to shop "local"?  Or a buyer who is making a travel guide or making a local economics presentation?  I'm guessing a very high percentage (over 95%) of buyers need generic, but what about these specific buyers?  I don't deal with traditional agencies so I might be wrong, but I thought the trads require location tagging?

Before we get into it - I believe that if you can't "see" a keyword, it shouldn't be included.   A family in a kitchen doesn't need a location tag.  I would not put the "Manitoba" keyword on a house on a street, but I would definitely consider with a farmhouse backing onto a canola field with a perfectly flat skyline because it defines rural life on the prairies.

Your thoughts and own procedure? 

Hm... well, I am more in favour of adding location than ever as I just checked and found another 8 dl's with the keyword "Saskatchewan" and 5 others from my port with no search term, but very Canadian with RCMP, grain elevators and wildlife.

Wouldn't it be a fabulous Sunday at DT if the 22 dls were XL and not all subs?