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123RF / Re: 504 Gateway Time-out on contributor

« on: November 20, 2024, 13:58 »

Doesn't work for me either. I get 504 Gateway Time-out but try again these next few days $:-\$

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Adobe Stock / Re: What's your weekly ranking and how many images?

« on: June 04, 2024, 12:32 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on June 01, 2024, 06:30

Quote from: cobalt on June 01, 2024, 06:00
This is the worst ranking in over 6 months. From a brief day at 250, all the way down to 7020.

It was a public holiday in Germany on Thursday and many people took Friday off, so two days missing. Also shows how dependent I am on the German market.

But I am working hard and things will get better. Winter is coming.

Just checked my weekly ranking and like yours, has dropped to the lowest I've seen it in months. Earnings are at the lowest in 5 weeks and (despite this) still not too bad for the week as I sell mainly video with higher RPD. But quite surprised to see the weekly rank drop down so much.

Suggests to me that from here, the only way is up.

I've also noticed a sudden drop in sales over the past 4 days, with 0 sales per day, which hardly ever happens. I had the same problem with 123RF when they set up an AI search, which resulted in my best-selling images disappearing overnight.
I remember a few days ago when I logged into my account I was told to accept some kind of automation but I can't remember the exact terms. Has anyone noticed? And would this have anything to do with the drop in sales that some contributors have been noting in recent days?

Thanks for your help

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123RF / Re: 123RF sales stopped.

« on: October 01, 2023, 03:53 »

Hi,
I have a portfolio of 1000 images at 123rf. I've had regular sales, small amounts since I signed up. But for the past 3 months I've noticed a drop in sales, especially since June $:-\$ . I asked the site if my portfolio was still visible and they said it was.
But by doing my own research, I may have found the reason for this drop in sales. Since June, 123rf has implemented an AI-assisted search. And in the search bar, AI search is activated by default. I compared a keyword search with and without AI, and found that my images completely disappeared from the results with a search WITH AI! My best-selling images are no longer visible even after 20 pages of results...
A search without AI brings them back, but not as well as before!

I wonder if some of you could do some research along these lines and see if it's the same for you?

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General Stock Discussion / 123RF - Real Names of contributors revealed !!!

« on: September 29, 2023, 12:40 »

Hello,

While doing an image search on google I stumbled upon a surprising and disturbing piece of information! The real names of 123rf contributors are disclosed in plain text on the search results!!!! The alias is not visible but the real name of the contributor is mentioned instead! See attachment

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123RF / Re: Funny things happening at 123RF site mail

« on: September 28, 2023, 06:14 »

Quote from: pancaketom on September 27, 2023, 11:30

I just tried their search - with the AI on it brings up all sorts of images that don't include the searched for keywords. The order of the keywords is very important, but the results have all sorts of things that shouldn't be there.

Yes, that's exactly it! It looks like the Ai doesn't take into account the title or the keywords chosen by the contributor

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123RF / Re: Funny things happening at 123RF site mail

« on: September 26, 2023, 09:21 »

Hi,
I have a portfolio of 1000 images at 123rf. I've had regular sales, small amounts since I signed up. But for the past 3 months I've noticed a drop in sales, especially since June $:-\$ . I asked the site if my portfolio was still visible and they said it was.
But by doing my own research, I may have found the reason for this drop in sales. Since June, 123rf has implemented an AI-assisted search. And in the search bar, AI search is activated by default. I compared a keyword search with and without AI, and found that my images completely disappeared from the results with a search WITH AI! My best-selling images are no longer visible even after 20 pages of results...
A search without AI brings them back, but not as well as before!

I wonder if some of you could do some research along these lines and see if it's the same for you?