and the improvement of the "search" function for some sites would help too.
lately, i checked on one of my associates work, her new image accepted last week.
guess what? can't find it... using the most obvious keywords.
instead, all i see are pages of single contributors clogging up the first 10 pages
with images that do not even feature the relevant keywords.
then on page 15, or so, aha! her images at last.

it's a mean unjust situation that a site would allow such an abuse of flooding one contributor's images in preference to others who do not have perharps tons of irrelevant images.


would a buyer notice that and get tired of looking?
sure, wouldn't you?  and the one who does no spamming suffers.
where's the justification in all this?

Not a very nice observation. I feel it should be all down to the image and not the artist.
Obviously some reason for it!

It's amazing when you think about it - the amount of new contributors that come on to agencies each day.
I feel it just can't continue like this, and no doubt about it, it does have an effect on each of us that are already there.

I suppose agencies look at it as a way of getting fresh material, from new contributors that will perhaps have a new take on a specific subject.
But as mentioned above, on a few threads, there is plenty of sub standard work getting through which is clogging up the search pages.

If Micro is trimmed down ( number of contributors) and acceptance rates get higher it will be better for us all in the end.
That is not to say that I discourage new contributors or resent them. If their work is good enough, they will deserve to be there and good luck to them!

It's really up to the agencies - they can make it good for themselves and for us!

Ok guys, let's stop this argument, shall we?

Yes Fran. They should really cop on now.
And - this thread has been partly hijacked by this stupid silly childlike bickering.
I have been a member here 2 yrs now and I have never seen such sad behaviour in that time.

From my experience, these things only serve to drive people away - and lower the fine reputation of this forum.

As they showcase a "camera clubs" tie in on the home page, I can't see the appeal here to serious buyers. It seems like stock "and a whole bunch of other crap". Also the photosharing thing just amateurish from a business perspective.

BTW have nothing against camera clubs, but if a buyer is searching for a new buying portal, it could be easily assumed that the stock area is full of hobbyist stuff. Very poor marketing here if they are serious about selling stock.

http://www.keyimagery.com/

Good point - well pointed out!

Only one sale this month, but I hope things will pick up again next year.

Regards,
Adelaide

Personally Adelaide, I don't think 1 sale per month is enough and I'm sure you are thinking the same.

You're not alone, doesn't work for me either.
Now they say they're down for an site upgrade.

Cheers, thanks for that!

Mild and misty here in Ireland.

I'll be taking it easy - I haven't got much to upolad anyway.
Instead I will be downloading some Guinness instead!

check your spam filter. 80% of fotolia mail goes to spam filter for me.

That's right Peter - same for me.

I dont have a niche but try to shoot as varied as possible - and even that I can improve on!

Quote from: madelaide on December 01, 2008, 17:54

And I'm stuck to the USA site.  

Yeah, me too.

Me as well I don't see why contributors can't be in their own zones or why we can't change.

has the problem been fixed for anyone?  I managed to recreate the problem and yeah.. that sure was annoying!

Yes Leaf, it seems to be fixed for me.
Thanks.

The problem I was reporting is that when I was writing a post and maybe mistyped/ mispelt, that I could'nt get back in on the line to correct the error.
All seems fine now.

Still having a problem editing posts as I write them.
Anyone elese with this?