Anyone else notice a crazy amount of views on new files? Had 3 pics accepted just 5 hours ago and they have 679, 414 and 292 views respectively. Some pics accepted last week still have only 40 - 50 views and others even less. Maybe some mistake?

"They're working on it".
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=228461&messageid=4116161#post4116161

Quote from: ShadySue on July 01, 2010, 11:37
"They're working on it".

thanks

I thought I was photographer of the day or something 

I thought, Wow, my images must really be crappy, 297 views and not one sale!! lol

Quote from: click_click on July 01, 2010, 12:06
I thought I was photographer of the day or something 

I wonder how that affects the best match placement. Having a ton of views on a new file with no sales probably isn't favorable.

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on July 01, 2010, 12:17
I wonder how that affects the best match placement. Having a ton of views on a new file with no sales probably isn't favorable.

Maybe that's the point.

A bit of topic but about views and placement, someone was saying on this forum how editing your file for keywords or to add UBB tags effects placement negatively. It must be really serious - i edited one file for UBB tags as soon as it was accepted and views stopped completely after that. 2 - 3 weeks later and the file is stuck with only the initial views it had when i edited.

Can anyone confirm that editing keywords after being accepted leads to a worse ranking?

That's really nice then that inspectors tell us to remove "not directly related" keywords which would lead to less favorable placement.

Quote from: cclapper on July 01, 2010, 12:36

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on July 01, 2010, 12:17
I wonder how that affects the best match placement. Having a ton of views on a new file with no sales probably isn't favorable.

Maybe that's the point.

Maybe, but the OP seemed concerned about crazy views, not best match.

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on July 01, 2010, 12:17
I wonder how that affects the best match placement. Having a ton of views on a new file with no sales probably isn't favorable.

Probably safe to assume that when this is fixed the views counter will be reset for the files affected.

Quote from: click_click on July 01, 2010, 13:04
Can anyone confirm that editing keywords after being accepted leads to a worse ranking?

I've never heard this and I've never experienced it.

Quote from: ShadySue on July 01, 2010, 13:42

Quote from: click_click on July 01, 2010, 13:04
Can anyone confirm that editing keywords after being accepted leads to a worse ranking?

I've never heard this and I've never experienced it.

It was discussed here - check from Reply #19 - posted by sharply_done

http://www.microstockgroup.com/istockphoto-com/my-first-flame/

I used to edit for UBB all the time and never noticed how it effects views, until recently.

Thanks for posting about this.  I noticed the same.  Three files approved and within a few minutes they all had over 700 views each. 

And yes, the main issue here is how that affects the best match placement (badly!).  Otherwise who would care?

Quote from: lisafx on July 01, 2010, 19:00
Thanks for posting about this.  I noticed the same.  Three files approved and within a few minutes they all had over 700 views each. 

And yes, the main issue here is how that affects the best match placement (badly!).  Otherwise who would care?

My exact worry as well, that many views without sales can't be good for best match placing and i surely hope they'll get reset.
Another thing crossing my mind... the site's buggy as hell (earlier tonight buyers got another error msg for a while, views get screwed up, thumbnails don't show, stats don't update etc etc), who guarantees the downloads and commission counter works as it should? Maybe it's paranoia but all the above things don't really add to my confidence.

Quote from: Artemis on July 02, 2010, 08:39

Quote from: lisafx on July 01, 2010, 19:00
Thanks for posting about this.  I noticed the same.  Three files approved and within a few minutes they all had over 700 views each.  

And yes, the main issue here is how that affects the best match placement (badly!).  Otherwise who would care?

My exact worry as well, that many views without sales can't be good for best match placing and i surely hope they'll get reset.
Another thing crossing my mind... the site's buggy as hell (earlier tonight buyers got another error msg for a while, views get screwed up, thumbnails don't show, stats don't update etc etc), who guarantees the downloads and commission counter works as it should? Maybe it's paranoia but all the above things don't really add to my confidence.

Yes lots of bugs these days. IS announced that the site change is imminent and it appears that they didn't learn to implement site changes correctly. It now seems that they keep messing with it over a longer period of time. This is quite upsetting.

I had quite a bunch of 503 or 505 errors with the little guy and his concrete parachute on it. They did well on that one because it makes me laugh every time I see that little poor fellow. My acceptance average is now at 0% and now the views-issue. Not to mention the problems with the uploads lately and the broken video processor for NTSC and PAL clips.

I can't believe I'm talking about the industry leader having such problems. Hopefully they CAN sort it out in a timely manner...  

Quote from: Artemis on July 02, 2010, 08:39
Maybe it's paranoia but all the above things don't really add to my confidence.

Paranoia: Paranoia is an unfounded or exaggerated distrust of others, sometimes reaching delusional proportions.

I don't think you are being paranoid, or delusional. The database is being messed with. The best match algorithm does get changed. Things aren't working correctly. They are implementing a huge site change.

None of those are what I would call confidence-builders.

Quote from: cclapper on July 02, 2010, 12:46... None of those are what I would call confidence-builders.

But at least we're not paranoid 

Very sorry to hear buyers are having a tough time getting on IS. 

That might explain the long period of time yesterday that my $ counter didn't budge (which is a first for a non-holiday weekday in many years). 

i have 1534 views for my new image, i felt sad when saw so many view but zero download..

I think this view thing is an electronic disease that's going around. If so IS probably caught it from Veer. My Veer views have been WAY UP for a few months while 2010 sales for me remain at ZERO.

I hope there's a cure discovered before it spreads to SS, DT, FT, etc.

Quote from: louoates on July 02, 2010, 16:28
I think this view thing is an electronic disease that's going around. If so IS probably caught it from Veer. My Veer views have been WAY UP for a few months while 2010 sales for me remain at ZERO.

I hope there's a cure discovered before it spreads to SS, DT, FT, etc.

  It's the new "make you feel good program".

yea it sux... one of my files has over 2300 views yesterday. does anyone know if it is still happening to their newly accepted files? im waiting on uploading at the min since it has a very negative impact on best match placement with that many views and no downloads. i almost feel like canceling what i uploaded and re uploading those.

I have 2 images accepted and in few hours one have 432 and other 471 views?!?
what is going on with them???