He's only slightly exaggerating.  It really does take forever to get images reviews on Veer.  I would say two weeks is an absolute minimum wait time.  Currently I have images waiting since 4/20. 

Between the wait for reviews, and the 50/week limits, it will take me years to get my port on the site.  Good news is once there you do begin to see sales trickle in.

whew!  haha slight exaggeration.

Thanks Lisa... wow, yes, that will take you forever.  It won't take me long... maximum two months lol.

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 04, 2011, 11:31

Alright so I've submitted 10 images.  I've read the little spiel about the importance of patience they have up on the site and stopped myself from stomping my feet in frustration. 

Well I've been spoilt with Canstock's 20 minute reviews and the longest I wait is for Dreamstime, which takes about 3-4 days.  Now I've been patient but I'm affraid my patience starts to diminish after day 5.  It's been 10 days, can I stomp my feet now? 

What's the usual wait on reviews at Veer? 

Patience?  man it takes six months before you even get a review.

lol I hope you're kidding!

Alright so I've submitted 10 images.  I've read the little spiel about the importance of patience they have up on the site and stopped myself from stomping my feet in frustration. 

Well I've been spoilt with Canstock's 20 minute reviews and the longest I wait is for Dreamstime, which takes about 3-4 days.  Now I've been patient but I'm affraid my patience starts to diminish after day 5.  It's been 10 days, can I stomp my feet now? 

What's the usual wait on reviews at Veer? 

BREAKING NEWS:  There is talk on CNN that Osama death photos will be released soon.

Word has it that the delay has been due to the lengthy review times at Dreamstime.  Please be advised that the long awaited image may be rejected for similars.  If this happens, however, do not worry, you will find the image(s) on a number of photoshop tutorial websites.

 

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 03, 2011, 10:28

If it was deleted then it was deleted for a reason, no?  I deleted it about 30 seconds after posting it because it was a mistake.  It was pasted accidently from elsewhere.  It wasn't directed at you or even anyone here but to someone on a private forum.  I don't type directly on here (my browser doesn't like it) and I paste my posts from word.  I copied something else that I wrote in a another forum.  You were super quick reading it though.  Do you sit here refreshing the page over and over again every 10 seconds or something? LOL

Nope. Just lucky I guess.

Maybe I should also play the lottery today...

lol if you win, I deserve at least 20%.

Flickr links don't work as ranking backlinks, just so you know... no seo advantage except for the # of visitors to your site

If this was in reference to my posts, I just want to make it clear that I'm not using the links as backlinks and when I said my work's now on page one on google, I was referring to the flickr images, not the original images.  I'm definitely getting more traffic to the original site from doing this but it's not just about uploading an image and throwing up a link.... you have to be smart about it with the meta deta.

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 03, 2011, 11:30

 What I was suggesting was to go create an account with flickr and upload about 20 images, without adding a link in the description of the image (that appears below the image).  After your account is approved, or rather reviewed and marked so that your images appear in search results, then go back to those 20 images and add the link in your description to direct viewers (or hopefully buyers) to your ktools website.  Then upload the rest of your images and include the links to those in the description.  Once your account is approved, all images you uploade in the future will be searchable automatically.

Great!  Yes, that answers my question.  Thanks again! 

No worries

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 03, 2011, 10:57

Lisa,

I got on the flickr bandwagon some months ago to promote some of my work (not microstock).  I have a link under each image that directs to my work elsewhere.  I find it�s really useful for bumping up my work in google and now a lot of it is coming up on page one.  

It would be useless doing this to drive traffic to Microstock sites because the micros already come up high in search results.  What you probably should do is link to your own website (on ktools) so that your images can compete on google with the micros.

A little tip if you do decide to do this... don�t put the link under your images until your account gets approved otherwise it could end up being marked as �NIPSA� (not in public search areas) which would make it useless.  You should submit about 20 and let them sit there till the account is approved and then go back and add the links and the rest of your images.

Very helpful suggestions Pseudonymous!  Thanks!  

One question - after your account is approved, can you go ahead and upload the images with links already in them?  

You're welcome!

Not sure if you wrote that backwards?  Did you mean "after your account is approved, can you go ahead and add links to images already uploaded?"  If that's what you meant, then yes.

If not, perhaps you've misunderstood what I meant.  What I was suggesting was to go create an account with flickr and upload about 20 images, without adding a link in the description of the image (that appears below the image).  After your account is approved, or rather reviewed and marked so that your images appear in search results, then go back to those 20 images and add the link in your description to direct viewers (or hopefully buyers) to your ktools website.  Then upload the rest of your images and include the links to those in the description.  Once your account is approved, all images you uploade in the future will be searchable automatically.

The reason I'm saying to wait for your account to be reviewed is to avoid some reviewer marking your account as "NIPSA" thinking you're only using flickr to sell your images.  By leaving the link out initially, you'll avoid risking this.

To see whether your account is reviewed and approved, in your image page (when you upload it) you'll see on the right towards the bottom of the page, a heading that says "Owner Settings (show more)"  If you click on "show more" you'll see a little green box with the words "Anyone can see this photo" next to it.  Before it's approved I think the box is red and it says something like "this photo doesn't appear in search results"  or something to that effect.

Hope I've explained it properly.  

Cheers

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 03, 2011, 10:09

Quote from: caspixel on May 03, 2011, 09:56

Instead of attacking me, why don't you give us your version of what they are all looking at?

I just did!

PS.  No one is attacking you.  You just don't like my opinion and I don't like yours.  Move on *.

Saying I'm drunk when I post (which you conveniently now deleted) is an attack. Just because you don't like what I'm saying doesn't mean I'm drunk. From what you have been saying, it's pretty easy to conclude that nothing short of *your* first hand witnessing of the event would convince you otherwise. I don't think I'm the one that needs to move on. Just sayin'.

If it was deleted then it was deleted for a reason, no?  I deleted it about 30 seconds after posting it because it was a mistake.  It was pasted accidently from elsewhere.  It wasn't directed at you or even anyone here but to someone on a private forum.  I don't type directly on here (my browser doesn't like it) and I paste my posts from word.  I copied something else that I wrote in a another forum.  You were super quick reading it though.  Do you sit here refreshing the page over and over again every 10 seconds or something? LOL

Instead of attacking me, why don't you give us your version of what they are all looking at?

I just did!

PS.  No one is attacking you.  You just don't like my opinion and I don't like yours.  Move on *.

With the world's perhaps largest lithium reserves found in Afghanistan, I doubt US troops will leave.

Hi madelaide,

I seriously doubt that the US would stay there for the lithium.  There�s a real misconception about the value of this commodity.  It�s pretty cheap to buy... I think it's than $10,000 a tonne.  Although lithium is being used in lithium batteries, only about 2% of the ingredients that goes into the battery is actually lithium.  Also lithium is recyclable so in 20 years or so there�ll be no real need to mine the stuff at all.  Mining will decline and we'll see more lithium recycling plants start up.

There are also lithium deposits throughout the world so I don�t think the US will go through the trouble of setting up a mining site in Afghanistan, in the middle of a war torn country, for less than $10,000 a tonne when prices will surely go down in the future... due to supply going up because of recycling.

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 02, 2011, 22:52

�The neighbours knew the owners of the house � the courier and his brother, described as ethnic Pashtuns � as secretive types. They dispatched children to buy food at local shops, and although they regularly prayed at a local mosque, they didn't engage in small talk.�

So if OBL is reqularly traveling to and from the local mosque, doesn�t the government have footage or photos of this? 

That proves what exactly? That maybe they saw *some* people who came and went from the house? No one knows if OBL ever left that house or not. They thought the courier owned the house, but where is a courier going to get the money to build a million dollar compound.

You accuse other people of blindly following the government, but you take every little thing and supply a sinister angle to it. I actually think it's laughable that you, and only you, seem to now the truth. LOLOLOL

I never said it does prove anything.  I'm saying the more that comes out from both the media and the governement, the more twisted this story gets. 

I have no idea where you got the impression that I've ever stated that I know the truth?  Are you for real?  Have you not been reading what I've been typing.  My argument this entire time is that I or YOU or NOBODY but the GOVERNMENT knows the truth and without the evidence (to prove or disprove them) we will NEVER know the truth.

I find it incredibly laughabe that you and people like you take Obama's word that he's killed him without wanting any proof.  I'm not saying he's not dead.  I'm saying the US governement, just like you or I, probably have no clue if OBL is dead or alive and that he probably dropped off the face of the earth years ago.  I believe this wasn't an attempt to bury OBL's body but to bury the issue, give you guys (who'll believe anything) some closure and they can move on to whatever's next on the agenda because it seems they've done whatver they wanted to do in Afghanistan.  Time to pull the troops and either save some money or put the troops somewhere else.  Pakistan?  We'll see!

Quote from: pseudonymous on May 02, 2011, 20:56

1.   We have a 40 minute firefight and a video of a room that doesn�t look like it was in a 40 minute firefight.
2.   We have a burnt down mansion and a room that doesn�t look like it was involved in a fire.
3.   We have a dead OBL but the body was disposed of immediately.
4.   We have apparent DNA evidence that was gathered and ivestigated by the people who are telling this story.
5.   We have Obama saying no American was injured or hurt in this fight, yet one of the US choppers was shot down and crashed into the mansion destroying further evidence.
6.   We have OBL supposedly hiding in a mansion located close to the Pakistan military base... is this going to be used as an excuse in the future to start a fight with Pakistan to get in there and take their Nuclear weapons?
7.   We have eight months of surveillance by the US government, yet there is no footage of OBL or anyone in that time.
8.   We have images of OBL on CNN claiming to be �new� photos of OBL yet he doesn�t look any older than he did 10 years ago.

1. Who said the entire 40 minute firefight was held in one room? And what does a room look like after a 40 minute firefight? Did you see the video of the room? It was trashed and there was blood all over the floor. Probably faked too though, right?
2. The compound was 1 acre. What makes you think the helicopter crashed directly into where they were fighting or that the mansion was burnt down?
3. Probably not the wisest choice, but supposedly there are photos.
4. Who would you expect to gather and test the evidence?
5. How do you know the copter crashed into the mansion?
6. No.
7. How do you know survelliance means *video* sureveillance? There are lots of ways to monitor people, not just by video. And it's unlikely they were even able to get video. I did not see any reports of them claiming they had video surveillance.
8. Haven't heard about any "new" photos of OBL. Is that CNN's goof or the governments?

1. LOL, so you�re saying that it�s possible the Navy Seals weren�t shooting at Osama for 40 minutes and they were shooting at nothing for most of that... unreal... that�s exactly what I�m saying!  Except I�m saying they were shooting at NOTHING for the entire 40 minutes. 

2. I would say the part of the house that contains the apparent blood of OBL has conveniently burnt down otherwise there still would be evidence there wouldn�t there? 

3. So if the people are screaming for evidence and they �supposedly� have photos, why not show them?

4. I expect your government to gather and test the evidence which makes the evidence useless.  That�s my point.  Who else is going to do it?

5. That�s what officials initially said on CNN...  that it was shot down from the ground by guards.  My point is I don�t know they �crashed�.  If anything it looks like it was done on purpose to get rid of any evidence that they DIDN�T kill OBL.  Now on this report we�re getting a different story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-killed-abbottabad-raid

�The Americans scoured the house for intelligence, took photos of the body, using facial recognition technology to compare it with pictures. It was him. Before withdrawing, the Seals blew up the wreckage of the helicopter. An orange fireball lit up the night sky over Abbottabad.�
Why would they do that unless they�re trying to destroy vital evidence?

6. NO?  Do you work for US intelligence and have inside information?  It was a rhetorical question, not really directed aimed at you.

7. Well any surveillance.  Photos... anything.  Where is the evidence?  Eight months is a long time, surely they have something!

8. I don�t know, perhaps we can ask the government.


The other interesting thing that was mentioned in the link above is this:

�The neighbours knew the owners of the house � the courier and his brother, described as ethnic Pashtuns � as secretive types. They dispatched children to buy food at local shops, and although they regularly prayed at a local mosque, they didn't engage in small talk.�

So if OBL is reqularly traveling to and from the local mosque, doesn�t the government have footage or photos of this? 

The more that comes out the more it looks odd!