Only FT shows what type of organization is downloading particular photo. Are there any restrictions for buyers on usage of RF photos?

I was watching pending counter was going down every time I pressed refresh button :-) Every 10 pictures approved counter went up by 1 :-)

Switched to GF5 and now I got "Interpolation artifacts" rejections instead of "Soft or lacking definition"

Do I need to run noise reduction software at certain point of the process?

Sales are down cause buyers got day off but I bet contributors are working to be ready for next week 

Even so crappy website like Fotolia cannot be done in 2 weeks as some of the bidders would suggest. Month or two maybe but it would not be perfect and bug free.  So requirements are impossible to fulfill. Nobody, even in India would do it for this kind of money.

On the other hand I think Fotolia ceased any development of their website. They sit of couple millions of images so they do not care about contributors anymore. They might still working on search engine, cause it's their source of revenue. Only buyers matter for them right now.

Exactly, I have these images rejected by upload applet because they were too small.

Then I tried to export as 16-bit TIFF, load in PSE upsize to 5050 with bicubic smoother, convert to 8-bit and save as JPG. Still rejected as too soft.

I think I am at the bottom of this range, 0.25. I do include some other thing when I find it in my archive. My best sellers are still very cliche-like landscapes like Valley View form Yosemite :-)

Wow, some people want even copyright their keyword sets to eliminate competition?

Recently I have routine that I check pictures from the same location on SS. First, let's say I am uploading pictures from "Crater Lake". English is my second language so I am not always that creating in terms of vocabulary. I compare my keyword set with what somebody else got. Obviously I am always finding out that there is other place on Earth called "Crater Lake" so I am not getting tags like Africa or South America :-) Second source of my inspiration is Wikipedia. I scan first paragraph for words I missed.

I also earned expedited rejection on my next batch. Evaluated in less than 1 hour :-) I should keep my mouth shut :-)

I check sometimes when I like the picture they rejected. Otherwise I keep uploading cause their processing is easy but because they do not produce any result I keep pushing them down in my upload script :-)

Fotolia was dead for me for 3 years after tried first time. Now I tried again and I do not like it any better. I am focusing my efforts on SS and new guys that popped in last 3 years when I was not paying attention to microstock.

I am not paid to shoot. I am trying to sell photos like other goods on eBay or similar website.  My occupation is totally different than art. So far I got maybe 1% of income from photography (far less than I am spending on it). I am truly not professional. If somebody pays me to babysit once a year would be this make me professional caregiver cause I was paid?

Does photography pay for your tuition? If yes, then you are full time photographer :-) Like in case of a doctor, his daytime job pays bills and hobby,