Very interesting analysis - in particular, the part about the distribution of keyword counts.

The stats for the top pages suggest that ranking algorithm might be biased towards images with fewer keywords, hence having fewer keywords might give you a higher chance to reach the top pages.

This hypothesis can be tested by creating a boxplot of image rank distribution grouped by a number of keywords - do you think you could include this in "part 2"?

Quote from: cthoman on December 13, 2010, 21:08
OK. I just tried one and had the same problem as the OP (my jpeg was too small). This is a shame. Veer had a great and simple system before. Why create something new? I was planning on uploading the rest of my back catalog there next year, but I can't imagine taking the time to create and tag new jpegs just for one agency. 

I second this - with this new JPEG size requirement Veer are shooting themselves in the foot.

I mean, while I do value my income from Veer, it's still marginal in comparison to other sites and definitely does not justify a separate workflow (no to mention the increased upload times) that this requires.

Why change something that works?!!!

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