It's been down for a couple of days - (he had one calculator I liked to look at). Anyone know of any news there?

Working for me

http://www.arcurs.com/ appears not available here.

I checked isitdownrightnow...says it's down.

Down...

also down here

his agency is still up http://peopleimages.com/  wasnt arcurs.com just a blog ?

LOL I haven't seen the agency site for a while, it now has a gold badge for the "YA Award for Excellence". Says it all really.

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on December 18, 2015, 11:21
LOL I haven't seen the agency site for a while, it now has a gold badge for the "YA Award for Excellence". Says it all really.

Wow, I presume that's the Yuri Arcurs awards?  If so, it looks a bit tacky awarding his own site.  Might be a joke but on a professional site, it looks wrong.  And "The World's Top Selling Collection of Images" is a bit questionable.  I can't see how he outsells Shutterstock's collection of images.  Can he say that because it's part of Getty?

I imagine it's as real as the YA gold award. You can justify it however you like. Ss is a site not a collection, a collection has to be by one artist, for example.

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on December 18, 2015, 14:53
I imagine it's as real as the YA gold award. You can justify it however you like. Ss is a site not a collection, a collection has to be by one artist, for example.

Does it? Who says?

Sorry I should have been clearer. I am saying he could justify his statement in any way he likes, that was just an example.

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on December 18, 2015, 14:53
I imagine it's as real as the YA gold award. You can justify it however you like. Ss is a site not a collection, a collection has to be by one artist, for example.

Later caveat noted, but by the 'collection by one artist' criterion, PI wouldn't count, as it's more like the medieval 'school of YA' concept.

What kind of an ego do you need to set up an awards program in your own name......then give yourself an award....................a very large one!!!!

its not all his photos, he has photographers working for him, the photo on the home page with the award is not shot by arcurs

Quote from: Pauws99 on December 18, 2015, 17:14
What kind of an ego do you need to set up an awards program in your own name......then give yourself an award....................a very large one!!!!

Yes, no doubt it takes a huge ego.  Perhaps compensating for shortcomings in other areas?

  for anyone who don't know that was a joke.

So does anyone knows what happened exactly? It's still down.

I thought he hadn't updated his blog for ages.

Quote from: ShadySue on December 22, 2015, 22:33
I thought he hadn't updated his blog for ages.

Only when a threatening competitor starts up

he probably wants to focus on his peopleimages dot com

That's really not good at all. I've been using his keywording site for ages and it was very very convenient.

Quote from: seawhisper on December 25, 2015, 08:54
That's really not good at all. I've been using his keywording site for ages and it was very very convenient.

There are lots of alternatives. One example, http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

Quote from: Microstock Posts on December 25, 2015, 09:00

Quote from: seawhisper on December 25, 2015, 08:54
That's really not good at all. I've been using his keywording site for ages and it was very very convenient.

There are lots of alternatives. One example, http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

Thanks! I know this one. But Yuri website had this huge advantage that he showed how popular are given keywords and also how much searched. This was very useful. 

Quote from: seawhisper on December 25, 2015, 09:07

Quote from: Microstock Posts on December 25, 2015, 09:00

Quote from: seawhisper on December 25, 2015, 08:54
That's really not good at all. I've been using his keywording site for ages and it was very very convenient.

There are lots of alternatives. One example, http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

Thanks! I know this one. But Yuri website had this huge advantage that he showed how popular are given keywords and also how much searched. This was very useful.

Yea I liked Yuri's better, but the MSG one is close enough that I'll manage.

I just wish it would put the key words in alphabetical order.

Quote from: seawhisper on December 25, 2015, 09:07
That's really not good at all. I've been using his keywording site for ages and it was very very convenient.

really??? does his keywords get you dls??? if so, it's a shame ...
as i would like to use them too.

Thanks! I know this one. But Yuri website had this huge advantage that he showed how popular are given keywords and also how much searched. This was very useful.