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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Has the best match Dust Settled??

« on: April 13, 2011, 00:07 »

Quote from: SNP on April 12, 2011, 23:29

I think the answer is in the question. is blame even the word? every time they shift the best match significantly, some contributors get hurt.

This just seems like way more than some and way worse then has ever been experienced before. I don't think I've ever seen that many diamond contributors on one thread reporting bad sales with such significant drops. Bizarre. I guess time will tell.

iStockPhoto.com / Re: Has the best match Dust Settled??

« on: April 12, 2011, 23:21 »

Quote from: SNP on April 12, 2011, 22:13

'hotel room' is a fairly damning example for sure. in sny case, I'm certainly not happy if there is a V/A bias in all best match returns, but FWIW I've spent the better part of tonight performing search after search on terms and phrases, and still very few produce results like 'fish', 'horse', and 'hotel room'.

overall I get a mix of results from all collections. Incidentally I noticed that editorial files seem pushed back right now in a lot of best match results. my guess is there are still many adjustments to be made.

That actually makes it even worse that the searches are showing such mixed results and so many people are reporting such drastic drops in downloads. If you can't blame it on the overwhelming presence of V&A, what can it be blamed on?

iStockPhoto.com / Re: Has the best match Dust Settled??

« on: April 12, 2011, 19:36 »

'Hotel Room' was Agency and Vetta for me. I also did 'fashion' - nothing but V&A for over 20 pages. Pages 20-30 still V&A heavy, but regular collection files scattered throughout. Started to get fewer V&A round about page 33.

ETA: BTW My search was set for 200 files per page. That's a lot of V&A!

For family I see a lot of flames and Agency, not too many Vetta though.

iStockPhoto.com / Re: Vector Vetta rebellion

« on: April 12, 2011, 18:52 »

Quote from: cclapper on April 12, 2011, 18:29

Quote from: pancaketom on April 12, 2011, 12:08
Quote from: vlad_the_imp on April 12, 2011, 11:52
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my first thought was that he jumped the gun then realized what he did so he went back and removed it.

That is exactly right. He also stated that he was going to accept the deal that was going to be on the table so whatever it is it can't be too bad, as he was pretty definitely opposed previously.

or he realized that IS had him by the short and curlies and he had no choice but to take the scraps that they offered or he'd never be able to buy that new lens cap.

That's what it sounds like to me.

I saw the post in question and thought it lacked any hope or excitement. It seemed more despondent, imo.

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