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Are you referring to the place where you can report bad keywords?Sorry if it's a dumb Q-I'm a newbie.Is it anonymous?Just did a search for "cockroach" and "food",and 11 of the 26 images on the first page has no cockroach anywhere in sight!!Then searched "bee" and "water" and lo and behold,5 out of the 32 images on the first page has no bees in them!!This is incorrect keywording and really ticks me off.
I recently posted a photo of an old Polaroid camera (on SS, not IS), then later did a search on "instant camera". Not until page 3 did I even see a (drawing of a) camera. The first actual photo of a camera was on page 7.The problem with keywording is the same problem that holds back the web in general - keyword searching lacks context. There is no way to distinguish a web page that is actually "about" Polaroid cameras, from 100 others that just mention them in passingThe World Wide Web consortium is trying to address this with a concept called the "semantic web". It's a syntax for embedding contextual information in web pages that can be used by search engines. A page could actually declare its subject, and advertise the presence of information - facts - about some topic. Sure it could be scammed and abused, but it's a start. So - what I see missing in stock keyword schemes is a way to declare the subject of a photo, as opposed to just concepts it might relate too. In other words "this is a photo of a camera", in addition to being an image that suggests snapshots, parties, film, the 60s, retro technology and so on.
that's the reason why when you keyword "mother teresa" you get pages of porn, and no mother teresa until item 998
syntax and semantic ! hmm, jim_h , good point. so, that's the reason why when you keyword "mother teresa" you get pages of porn, and no mother teresa until item 998
Good search words, produce good results.
Have you ever tried "Saint Teresa" on IS for example?http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?text=saint+teresa&action=fileGood search words, produce good results.