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Quote from: Freedom on August 02, 2011, 17:42What makes it happen?Paranoia
That's possible, but there are a few out there..., don't know what to think.
Quote from: RT on August 02, 2011, 17:46Quote from: Freedom on August 02, 2011, 17:42What makes it happen?Paranoia Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't really out to get you
I've had my sales drop over 50% with a best match change. Istock has the most variance, compared to the other big site SS that's about the most stable. I do think all their technical problems with the website are a factor.My supply tap has been switched off for almost a year now, apart from one slip when I uploaded a few. Can't say I miss uploading there but my sales have plummeted.
Quote from: sharpshot on August 03, 2011, 01:13I've had my sales drop over 50% with a best match change. Istock has the most variance, compared to the other big site SS that's about the most stable. I do think all their technical problems with the website are a factor.My supply tap has been switched off for almost a year now, apart from one slip when I uploaded a few. Can't say I miss uploading there but my sales have plummeted.The odd thing is that with this latest best match change a lot of my images actually improved a bit in search placement. I have quite a few images that are showing up on the first page or two of major keywords. And sales still dropped. I don't think people would just stop buying my images.
On Monday night I happened to think that an old slow-but-steady image hadn't sold for a while, so I wondered what supadupa photo had usurped it. So I did a search on the main keyword (the very specific location). There are two DAs, and my file is correctly keyworded with both DAs. So I chose one, and the search threw up: 0 results. Hmmm, I have a few for that search and I know of several others. So I tried the other DA: 0 results. Logged out and tried both DAs when logged out - 0 results. Fired up IE and tried again, logged out then logged in, each DA in turn: 0 results. Other random searches were throwing up the selection you would expect.As it was late at night, and I'm banned, I wrote it on my to-do list for yesterday, and as usual didn't consult my to-do list until bedtime (!). Checked again and my file, and all the others, are showing up. I don't think there's a usurper, mine is still top by downloads, but low-ish by best match.I wonder how often files just 'disappear', and for how long. As that is a specific location search, a buyer would obviously start looking elsewhere - there is no substitute.
Quote from: ShadySue on August 03, 2011, 04:29...at night, and I'm banned, ...You are banned?! heck I didnt know that.
...at night, and I'm banned, ...
Quote from: lagereek on August 03, 2011, 04:39Quote from: ShadySue on August 03, 2011, 04:29...at night, and I'm banned, ...You are banned?! heck I didnt know that. Since November. Where have you been?
Quote from: ShadySue on August 03, 2011, 05:58Quote from: lagereek on August 03, 2011, 04:39Quote from: ShadySue on August 03, 2011, 04:29...at night, and I'm banned, ...You are banned?! heck I didnt know that. Since November. Where have you been?HI!What on earth did you do? I mean you seem to be a very pleasant person
LOL, that must be the first time anyone's ever said that, even with a winky.Apparently, Lobo doesn't like the truth being delivered in one-liners.Last warning: At the time of the Tokyolypse, someone asked who paid for the 'lypse. That was the one where participants didn't have to pay for tickets, so I answered, "Participants pay for their own flights and accommodation/food, we pay for the rest", which was deleted. Truth hurts.Final straw: Someone asked how you could do something (forget what) which you 'used to could' do on the site. I replied that you couldn't, it was one of the 'improvements' of F5.Now actually that turned out not to be strictly 'true', as apparently Sean had written a script to enable that functionality, but it wasn't exactly 'untrue', as it had been stopped with the F5 change, and you couldn't do it natively inside the site.
Quote from: ShadySue on August 03, 2011, 07:11LOL, that must be the first time anyone's ever said that, even with a winky.Apparently, Lobo doesn't like the truth being delivered in one-liners.Last warning: At the time of the Tokyolypse, someone asked who paid for the 'lypse. That was the one where participants didn't have to pay for tickets, so I answered, "Participants pay for their own flights and accommodation/food, we pay for the rest", which was deleted. Truth hurts.Final straw: Someone asked how you could do something (forget what) which you 'used to could' do on the site. I replied that you couldn't, it was one of the 'improvements' of F5.Now actually that turned out not to be strictly 'true', as apparently Sean had written a script to enable that functionality, but it wasn't exactly 'untrue', as it had been stopped with the F5 change, and you couldn't do it natively inside the site.Wow that's a bit harsh. I've seen far worse things written without any ban!!
In other words, does best match make certain images disappear for a certain period of time?I don't think it targets anyone in particular, if it is true. It may cause some seasonal images unsellable in that season, or a bad day during a high volumn weekday. Possible?
How about a conspiracy theory to play with. It's in their best interest to not have people reach the next level. Could the best match be configured to throttle people back in the search who are on target to hit the next level? Jan through June were strong for me and I was on track to hit the 35% level by the end of 2011. July dropped almost 40% in revenue for me and so far the first few days of August have been down over half of a normal day for me. Coincidence?
How about a conspiracy theory to play with. It's in their best interest to not have people reach the next level. Could the best match be configured to throttle people back in the search who are on target to hit the next level?
Strange that yours says Dublin - Ireland and more, when I did the same search it just says Dublin and I came up with 39 pages at 50 per page (1946 results). FF also by the way. So why does your Keywords box look different than mine? Did the same search with Google Chrome, same results.Something strange going on here? Why does yours have "Dublin - Ireland (County Dublin)" whatever else in there?Here's the page result I get "http://www.istockphoto.com/search/text/dublin/source/basic#153eb223"Might answer why you get no results and I get over 1900?
Quote from: RacePhoto on August 04, 2011, 14:23Strange that yours says Dublin - Ireland and more, when I did the same search it just says Dublin and I came up with 39 pages at 50 per page (1946 results). FF also by the way. So why does your Keywords box look different than mine? Did the same search with Google Chrome, same results.Something strange going on here? Why does yours have "Dublin - Ireland (County Dublin)" whatever else in there?Here's the page result I get "http://www.istockphoto.com/search/text/dublin/source/basic#153eb223"Might answer why you get no results and I get over 1900?If you just enter "dublin" it doesn't disambiguate, so you get "Dublin (Texas)" and "Dublin (California)" too - although in this case it doesn't appear to make any difference, as either all the pics are of Dublin (Ireland), or they all have that as a keyword, wherever they are.ShadySue probably entered "dublin", then clciked on the "Dublin (Ireland)" option from the pull down rather than just clicking search.But it works for me anyway, I have no idea why it failed for her. Maybe it was just a glitch...
Quote from: RacePhoto on August 04, 2011, 14:23Strange that yours says Dublin - Ireland and more, when I did the same search it just says Dublin and I came up with 39 pages at 50 per page (1946 results). FF also by the way. So why does your Keywords box look different than mine? Did the same search with Google Chrome, same results.Something strange going on here? Why does yours have "Dublin - Ireland (County Dublin)" whatever else in there?Here's the page result I get "http://www.istockphoto.com/search/text/dublin/source/basic#153eb223"Might answer why you get no results and I get over 1900?Contributor: dublinmarkIf you just enter "dublin" it doesn't disambiguate, so you get "Dublin (Texas)" and "Dublin (California)" too - although in this case it doesn't appear to make any difference, as either all the pics are of Dublin (Ireland), or they all have that as a keyword, wherever they are.ShadySue probably entered "dublin", then clciked on the "Dublin (Ireland)" option from the pull down rather than just clicking search.But it works for me anyway, I have no idea why it failed for her. Maybe it was just a glitch...
Obvious points, I don't know how to use the search and don't sit and look for my own pictures. I'm not sure if looking to see where they are helps anything or increases sales. LOLBut thanks for explaining, I might need to go look and learn better how the site works. (or doesn't work!)Edit: Oh yes, odd I ticked off the other two and had the same 1946 results. Strange.
"Dublin Castle" and "Port of Dublin" are in fact both sub-categories of "Dublin - Ireland (County Dublin)" - along with quite a few other places - if you enter "Dublin" when uploading, you'll get the three options of Ireland, California and Texas - click on the "+" beside Ireland and you'll get the others.
Liz, I noticed the same problem with EL's not showing up on a large part of my port, even though I am opted in across the board. In fact, I didn't so much notice it, as get a sitemail from a buyer who wanted an EL and couldn't get one!! I called contributor support and they told me it was a known issue they are working on. They also managed to get the image turned on so the customer could buy it. Unfortunately, it may have been too late. They haven't come back to buy it, even though I wrote them. Hopefully they found it somewhere else. Either that, or I just lost the sale to someone whose port was turned on.