DT has always been a strong number three but has recently - last two months - been underperforming and is now dead last - of my 7 sites -  for November with 0 downloads.  Others having this problem?

PS: Was it the Mcain/Palin pic's in their rotation that turned people off? (Didn't see any comparable Obama images there but maybe I missed them.)

fred

Last month a BME and this month is on another BME pace so far. Have been doing well with eco friendly and green theme images there.

DT is doing well.Constant improvement of earnings the last two years. BME by far last month. And this month started well off as well.

BME's every month for the last 5 months and this month looks like another BME.  Closing in on istock.

Agreeing.  I think theyre doing pretty well.

last month BME, and this month doing well too.

Same here.

Quote from: Peter on November 11, 2008, 10:46
last month BME, and this month doing well too.

Doing fairly well here too. IS, on the other hand...

Well, maybe complaining helps.  Had my first sale since late Oct. right after starting this thread.  A $2.00 PPD.  Lucky me!!

c h e e r s
fred

PS: As you can see by my DT meter (thanks leaf) the drought probably has more to do with my miniscule portfolio than politics.

Keep uploading there and you should see a steady growth in sales.  Mine didn't take off until I had about 500 with them.

Fred, I have quite a small port as well but my sales seem to improve at DT each month.  I think if you go back and review each of your photos you may be able to improve your placement.

This shot of yours is gorgeous and there are so many perfect textbook aspects to comment about it - but buyers need to find it:  I think you are missing important keywords like:

one, woman, alone, hike, hiker, hiking, walk, walking, outdoors



I haven't looked too closely, but I also I noticed a photo of a sparrow that has sparrow in the title and description but not in the keywords so it will not be favoured in searches.

It's important on DT to have your most important keyword(s) in all three.

DT might beat IS for me this month!!!!! And that's no easy feat! IS went from #2 to #4 in 1 month!

BME's for last three months and doing well this month so far too.

You need to keep uploading and have a larger portfolio size to see more regular downloads, esp. as the number of contributors and online images increase daily in lightning speed.  And as pixart has pointed out, keywording is important.

DT is going good for me too

Add me to the list.

Several BME's in a row and this month is looking good too.

Quote from: fotografer on November 11, 2008, 11:20
Same here.

Quote from: Peter on November 11, 2008, 10:46
last month BME, and this month doing well too.

Same here.

Agree with sharpshot when i reach 500 more DL follows. My BME last month and doing well this month also.

Quote from: lisafx on November 11, 2008, 23:19
Add me to the list.

Several BME's in a row and this month is looking good too.

Add me too. If this month trend's continue, I'll have another BME.

maybe they got carried away with  politics, ie election, olympics,...
for which you can appear to be choosing sides. and when you do, you are bound to offend someone.  should have kept their editorials light.
also lately, they've been spotlight pretty odd stuff.

Appreciate the helpful comments from everyone.  Will have to pay more attention to keywording - thanks Pixart - and try to build my portfolio faster.

c h e e r s
fred

DT was ok for me too for the last months. November seems a bit low, but it is only 12th of the month so too early to judge.

for me it's worst month, I don't know why
cause october was one of bests

Quote from: MikLav on November 12, 2008, 07:59
DT was ok for me too for the last months. November seems a bit low, but it is only 12th of the month so too early to judge.

Same to me!

I think DT is just getting better and better and they got blinding fast editing as well.

Christian  ( with DT: fred 11)

they can't be doing too badly since they are now in 2nd place.
personally, DT was my best as a newbie, but things have slowed down since i gave them more images. funny thing is, my new shots are far better than those when i first joined.