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But KK had once posted something in the forums before he left saying the 3 best selling months for iStock contributors are September through November, which ties in with all my theories on the basis of timing above.
I find it interesting how all of a sudden sales fell off a cliff for most people when they rolled out the site changes at the beginning of September.
Is that true? My sales didn't 'fall off a cliff' or anything close to it. My sales have just been gradually ebbing away for the last couple of years
Quote from: gostwyck on December 17, 2012, 05:07Is that true? My sales didn't 'fall off a cliff' or anything close to it. My sales have just been gradually ebbing away for the last couple of yearsIs it possible that your content tends not to be in competition currently with much of the imported stuff - which is perhaps typically lifestyle, work and business related.I think that the Getty vision is that the work which they want at the front of the search will be at the front of the search. Everything else is there to fill up any gaps in the search.I may be wrong but I believe that is also the vision for E+ (and maybe P+ sooner or later) at Getty Images - ie that it is there to fill up holes in the search. Side by side with content they would rather sell it may not rank well - perhaps unless it performs well.This is a guess.
I don't see that the ingested studio stuff is filling a gap in iStock - there's tons of that stuff already.
So when iStock has filled up the gaps in Getty and Getty has filled up the gaps in iStock, what then?
Is it possible that your content tends not to be in competition currently with much of the imported stuff - which is perhaps typically lifestyle, work and business related.I think that the Getty vision is that the work which they want at the front of the search will be at the front of the search. Everything else is there to fill up any gaps in the search.I may be wrong but I believe that is also the vision for E+ (and maybe P+ sooner or later) at Getty Images - ie that it is there to fill up holes in the search. Side by side with content they would rather sell it may not rank well - perhaps unless it performs well.This is a guess.