Author Topic: best match shake 13/07/11 (Read 21810 times)

mlwinphoto · « **Reply #25 on:** July 12, 2011, 23:16 »

Well, in looking at my images and how they fare in this latest shift if I can't make sales now I never will.....of course, considering how bad July is so far it won't take much to see an improvement.

lagereek · « **Reply #26 on:** July 12, 2011, 23:52 »

Looks better! well a heck of a lot better then before anyway. Now if it results in more sales or not, that remains to be seen. It should! if the traffic is there.

Shank_ali · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2011, 01:20 »

Are we allowed to discuss Best Match ?

Graffoto · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2011, 01:25 »

Shank, I just put you on 'ignore'.

ayzek · « **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:28 »

Looks good to me for photos.
Videos too much saturated all my video file is top of my portfolio.

Slovenian · « **Reply #30 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:28 »

Quote from: sobm on July 12, 2011, 21:09

no use, no sale at all

I just wanted to say that. SS exploaded, just like they had a best match shake up. If I think of all the threads that are being opened during the course of the last few months, no best match has ever affected me in a big way, to be honest I've never even really noticed it. Only April was bad and at the end of June sales start to decrease, which is normal for the beginning of the summer.

Sadstock · « **Reply #31 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:45 »

Quote from: jsnover on July 12, 2011, 19:30

They've implemented some sort of slot system - of the first 200, Agency gets 28, Vetta 52 and everything else 120 - in all but one of the test searches I keep track of. Not sure how many deviate - sexy woman is the only one in my list of searches

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Just wanted to thank you for tracking and posting this info over time. Very helpful

franckreporter · « **Reply #32 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:22 »

now seems everything is back to normal

Slovenian · « **Reply #33 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:29 »

^^He said normal. LOOL!

franckreporter · « **Reply #34 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:31 »

normal for the paranormal

luissantos84 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:46 »

Quote from: Graffoto on July 13, 2011, 01:25

Shank, I just put you on 'ignore'.

LOL I gotta do nasty things around here, everyday my ignore list goes up, on 13

Shank_ali · « **Reply #36 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:06 »

Quote from: Graffoto on July 13, 2011, 01:25

Shank, I just put you on 'ignore'.

Can someone tell him i dont care

luissantos84 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:10 »

Quote from: shank_ali on July 13, 2011, 11:06

Quote from: Graffoto on July 13, 2011, 01:25
Shank, I just put you on 'ignore'.
Can someone tell him i dont care

he (shank_ali) doesn´t care

Shank_ali · « **Reply #38 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:16 »

The Best Match sort on Istockphoto has a particular aim which never wavers..It's to give the buyers a good mix of content in there search results if they stay with the sites default.
I have been uploading continually since becoming a member in November 2007.I have never noticed a huge drop/rise in my sales because HQ decides to alter/tweek the search results.I have enough diverse content uploaded over a period of 3+ years to be covered by any change.
Continue....

lagereek · « **Reply #39 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:28 »

No you wouldnt notice much change,this is a typical TS-search, too much of, as you say yourself, "diverse stuff" so it doesnt really matter one way or the other, does it? at the moment the new best match, at least in my searches, looks like a total paradise for the generalist, almost identical to TS, i.e. nothing spectacular.
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If you are nieched or slightly creative in any way, I would say youre in trouble.

Oh well, when I looked at it early this morning, it looked OK, now they are tweaking it and its going down.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #40 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:34 »

That little experiment didn't last long! So today it's a slightly higher "regular" count than before the slots.

@shank. Diversity isn't your issue, but that your sales patterns and volume aren't such that you can see what happens.

It has happened to many people, many times - overnight drops so large it was like turning off a tap. And that's exactly what it was. You shouldn't extrapolate from your own situation and assume that's true for all - a sample size of one over 1/3 of iStock's time in business isn't statistically significant.

lagereek · « **Reply #41 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:37 »

Quote from: jsnover on July 13, 2011, 11:34

That little experiment didn't last long! So today it's a slightly higher "regular" count than before the slots.

@shank. Diversity isn't your issue, but that your sales patterns and volume aren't such that you can see what happens.

It has happened to many people, many times - overnight drops so large it was like turning off a tap. And that's exactly what it was. You shouldn't extrapolate from your own situation and assume that's true for all - a sample size of one over 1/3 of iStock's time in business isn't statistically significant.

Thanks! but Im not too sure I follow you here. What exactly do you mean? $:-\$

best.

cobalt · « **Reply #42 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:53 »

I think she is counting the number of files with a one or two point rating in her column. So the normal collection, not e+, vetta or agency. At least that is the way I understand it.

Looks like V/A content in search results is going back up. If this is what the buyers want, fine, but I see so many files with few sales. There must be a really huge margin for them to make it worthwhile to lose the volume sales.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #43 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:00 »

Quote from: lagereek on July 13, 2011, 11:37

Quote from: jsnover on July 13, 2011, 11:34
That little experiment didn't last long!..

Thanks! but Im not too sure I follow you here. What exactly do you mean? $:-\$
best.

Is it the chart that's the puzzle or the comment to shank? They're two separate thoughts.

The chart just showed that yesterday's slot system has gone. The comment to shank that he thinks his diversity and regular uploading renders him immune from best match changes was that I think he's wrong to assume that means best match changes are not relevant.

Shank_ali · « **Reply #44 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:23 »

Best Match is very relevent for the buyers and Istock as a business.We(contributors) have no say or control over any change.Off course we notice and comment on that change,especially if the sales wane, but i have never noticed any ill effect on my beautiful crafted imagery.
Think posative and some content might surface that you forgot about...Cream always rises.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #45 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:32 »

best match changes everything.. how can you say it is only about buyers? pictures are from who? from buyers too??

if we are contributors and sell our pictures and the best match changes we will feel that on the earnings, of course the more you sale the more you will feel, once it might be good or worst.. in my case it never changes once I sell just 2 or 3 pics per day there so I cannot say much.. but I am sure it affects everybody it just impossible not to..

lagereek · « **Reply #46 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:35 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 13, 2011, 12:32

best match changes everything.. how can you say it is only about buyers? pictures are from who? from buyers too??

if we are contributors and sell our pictures and the best match changes we will feel that on the earnings, of course the more you sale the more you will feel, once it might be good or worst.. in my case it never changes once I sell just 2 or 3 pics per day there so I cannot say much.. but I am sure it affects everybody it just impossible not to..

He is mumbling lots of mumbo jumbo, I bet he doesnt even know what he is talking about. Its as if he is sent over here to patronize and tone things down.

lisafx · « **Reply #47 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:42 »

Quote from: shank_ali on July 13, 2011, 11:16

The Best Match sort on Istockphoto has a particular aim which never wavers..It's to give the buyers a good mix of content in there search results if they stay with the sites default.

Can we please drop the fiction that best match has ANYTHING to do with what buyers want?! Buyers want good quality images at reasonable prices. What Istock's best match has been giving them for a very long time now is good-to-mediocre images at exorbitant prices.

Surely none of us really is naive enough to think, at this late date, that the best match is anything other than a way to put the maximum amount of dollars in the coffers, regardless of buyer's needs.

Shank_ali · « **Reply #48 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:49 »

Quote from: lisafx on July 13, 2011, 12:42

Quote from: shank_ali on July 13, 2011, 11:16
The Best Match sort on Istockphoto has a particular aim which never wavers..It's to give the buyers a good mix of content in there search results if they stay with the sites default.

Can we please drop the fiction that best match has ANYTHING to do with what buyers want?! Buyers want good quality images at reasonable prices. What Istock's best match has been giving them for a very long time now is good-to-mediocre images at exorbitant prices.

Surely none of us really is naive enough to think, at this late date, that the best match is anything other than a way to put the maximum amount of dollars in the coffers, regardless of buyer's needs.

What's up with you !
I think Best Match is just that for the designers who spend there money at Istockphoto.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:51 »

you "seem" to know a lot LOL best match is used for what % of buyers/designers??

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Author Topic: best match shake 13/07/11 (Read 21810 times)

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