Author Topic: The Title/description of photos (Read 4263 times)

lunfengzhe · « **on:** August 06, 2017, 20:41 »

Guys i just wonder a question, if there is some words exist in my photo's title but somehow it was not included in the keywords area, is that possible for buyer to find the photo through this word?

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2017, 21:07 »

Probably. I guess it depends on the search criteria that individual sites use.

DallasP · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2017, 22:56 »

Quote from: lunfengzhe on August 06, 2017, 20:41

Guys i just wonder a question, if there is some words exist in my photo's title but somehow it was not included in the keywords area, is that possible for buyer to find the photo through this word?

If it works anything like google the title should matter significantly more than the keywords. Shutterstock even removes the keywords if the word is in the title to prevent redundant information.

Photobomb · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2017, 23:51 »

Quote from: DallasP on August 06, 2017, 22:56

Quote from: lunfengzhe on August 06, 2017, 20:41
Guys i just wonder a question, if there is some words exist in my photo's title but somehow it was not included in the keywords area, is that possible for buyer to find the photo through this word?

If it works anything like google the title should matter significantly more than the keywords. Shutterstock even removes the keywords if the word is in the title to prevent redundant information.

No they don't.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2017, 01:19 »

It will vary from site to site and they might change their mind. Some people try to work out how the sites' algorithms work. Personally I just try and make my info as good as possible. DT add the title words to the Keywords.

DallasP · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2017, 16:42 »

Quote from: PhotoBomb on August 06, 2017, 23:51

Quote from: DallasP on August 06, 2017, 22:56
Quote from: lunfengzhe on August 06, 2017, 20:41
Guys i just wonder a question, if there is some words exist in my photo's title but somehow it was not included in the keywords area, is that possible for buyer to find the photo through this word?

If it works anything like google the title should matter significantly more than the keywords. Shutterstock even removes the keywords if the word is in the title to prevent redundant information.

No they don't.

They did last time I uploaded :/ pretty sure.

Photobomb · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2017, 17:10 »

Quote from: DallasP on August 07, 2017, 16:42

Quote from: PhotoBomb on August 06, 2017, 23:51
Quote from: DallasP on August 06, 2017, 22:56
Quote from: lunfengzhe on August 06, 2017, 20:41
Guys i just wonder a question, if there is some words exist in my photo's title but somehow it was not included in the keywords area, is that possible for buyer to find the photo through this word?

If it works anything like google the title should matter significantly more than the keywords. Shutterstock even removes the keywords if the word is in the title to prevent redundant information.

No they don't.

They did last time I uploaded :/ pretty sure.

Well I just ran through the last dozen or so uploads and nothing has been removed - they are exactly the way I uploaded them - any words that are in my description still appear in my keywords.

DallasP · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2017, 16:18 »

Quote from: PhotoBomb on August 07, 2017, 17:10

Quote from: DallasP on August 07, 2017, 16:42
Quote from: PhotoBomb on August 06, 2017, 23:51
Quote from: DallasP on August 06, 2017, 22:56
Quote from: lunfengzhe on August 06, 2017, 20:41
Guys i just wonder a question, if there is some words exist in my photo's title but somehow it was not included in the keywords area, is that possible for buyer to find the photo through this word?

If it works anything like google the title should matter significantly more than the keywords. Shutterstock even removes the keywords if the word is in the title to prevent redundant information.

No they don't.

They did last time I uploaded :/ pretty sure.

Well I just ran through the last dozen or so uploads and nothing has been removed - they are exactly the way I uploaded them - any words that are in my description still appear in my keywords.

Guess I'm mistaken.

Anyhow, if the search is anything similar to google the keywords will be redundant ... but, I wouldn't bank on it being entirely google-like. Google has taken to ignoring keyword metadata in web pages.

Odd enough though, google somehow did start indexing image metadata :/ and pages with images or other media tend to rank significantly higher.