Quote from: melastmohican on June 10, 2011, 12:28

Finished processing my first batch. Interface is slight improvement over StockXpert but far from what YAY or CanStockPhoto is offering so I would put them somewhere in the middle on usability scale.

On side note. How they get away with source code and sell company to Getty without signing non-competing agreement? If the site is almost StockXpert clone, with a few improvements if they get stronger Getty will go after them.

they haven�t sold StockXpert, they have sold the content on it.. and as we know to place on Thinkstock (Hemera collection) so they made two things, eliminate competition and get more content to subs

Actually I forgot, they sold it to Jupiter and Getty acquired them with all assets.  So Jupiter really did not make contract right  :-) Anyway as long as there were no patents on the source code they probably can reuse it :-)

It is not fixed. Images are still going to web server automatically.

Quote from: melastmohican on June 09, 2011, 15:43

Quote from: aeonf on June 09, 2011, 15:17

In IS, Caucasian and European refer to the same thing with the disambiguation.

Yes, this solves the problem. I do not have to include all 3 possible variants.

I guess I will start using thesaurus for getting more synonyms so maybe one day search engine would also start taking them into account.

Main Entry:    cute
Part of Speech:    adjective
Definition:    perky, attractive
Synonyms:    adorable, beautiful, charming, dainty, delightful, pleasant, pretty
Antonyms:    homely, ugly

Aeonf is right.  If you are only uploading to Istock, then you don't need to include the variations.  

I see you have portfolios on multiple websites.  If you are uploading to other sites, which do not have disambiguation, then you need the other keywords.  If you have the keyword "attractive" at Dreamstime, Fotolia, Shutterstock, or anywhere other than Istock, and someone searches for "cute" your image will not show up.  

You seem to not understand how keywording works.  I am just concerned someone who doesn't know better is going to follow your advice and remove useful keywords from their images.  That would be a mistake.   

OK maybe phrasing of the subject is bad. I meant that if I use most popular search terms I cannot find my pictures buried under thousands of others but without them I can find them quickly.  I am not talking about using weird keywords cause I will be only person who will find my picture. I am talking about precise set of relevant keywords which uniquely identify subject.

Most of the sites actually suggest to use minimum number of relevant keywords. General practice is to include all possible synonyms of relevant keywords just in case.  I understand that people keyword for search engines not to correctly describe images. It's not relevant for every picture of a woman to have word "attractive" and every child to have word "cute". Keywording become a social activity. If most people think that these words give the best results they will include them. Basically search for  similar image to yours and collect first 30 most popular words and your are done.  Yes, I read warning on almost every site about keyword spamming audits. Did it ever happen?

I got accepted today after sending them question about how much longer I have to wait.

I got automated process that uploads 10 images per day only during week. Al l I have to do to ad their ftp server to the list. this means they will get only images from my current queue. Anything from the past I will have to manually select and upload so maybe it's not worth the effort.

Yesterday I asked how long it going to take and today I got acceptance letter.

What is the best strategy? Obviously I got an urge to  dump everything there but this time I will try to restrain myself from doing this :-) I will include them in my current upload process so it will send 10 images per workday.

In IS, Caucasian and European refer to the same thing with the disambiguation.

Yes, this solves the problem. I do not have to include all 3 possible variants.

I guess I will start using thesaurus for getting more synonyms so maybe one day search engine would also start taking them into account.

Main Entry:    cute
Part of Speech:    adjective
Definition:    perky, attractive
Synonyms:    adorable, beautiful, charming, dainty, delightful, pleasant, pretty
Antonyms:    homely, ugly

I started replacing "Caucasian" with "European". I live in USA and she was born here but for us Europeans, Caucasian sounds to much Asian, which technically correct but it is how we feel :-) If I would use just word "white" for race it carries some sort of stigma here in USA :-) What a mess :-)

I just figured out search for some photos of my daughter that if I skip these buzz keywords I am instantly finding them. Otherwise they are buried by tons of images on top of them.

I have noticed that that recently there are are no images to process but when I edit my images new ones appear there.

One page show correct number of clips and images in my portfolio another (in this new widget) constantly changes mind about the count :-) It is not a rocket science :-)

Early vacation season started?

Nothing here. By the time I got approved they will start rejecting like other sites :-)