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iStockPhoto.com / How Can Getty/Istock have no Images of a US city Like Hopkinsville Kentucky?
« on: March 15, 2023, 13:17 »
Hello all,
I'm wondering about your two cents on this issue. I've photographed every major city in the USA and tons of smaller ones and many of those have been uploaded to Istock and Getty images. Lately I have noticed that the platform does not recognize many or them and will not even allow a search. For instance, Cannelton, Indiana. The system will not even allow that word to be searched and instead searches for Cannelloni. HUH?
Some on the keyword team have told me that even if they decline to add a word to the keyword system search term recognizable words it is still searchable in title and description. I was happy to hear that, but in my tests, it does not seem to be true.
Other cities, which I have images and video uploaded and approved for do not come up in a search. This effectively means I have been wasting my time uploading anything not in recognizable search terms to Getty/Istock.
The Hopkinsville area has a military base plus a major city in Tennessee close by Clarksville. The combined population of those three areas is over 250,000. Do you think that none of those people need or want any images? I'm dumbfounded. Do any of you care and if so, is there anything we can do?
PS, I care about my partnership with Getty and Istock, I know some of you do not, however, I ask that you be respectful. This is not a bash Getty/Istock post. Instead, it is a call to arm for help and support. This issue if affecting buyers and sellers of images, which I am both.
Thanks, looking forward to your constructive comments meant to further and improve the situation.
https://www.gettyimages.com/videos/hopkinsville-kentucky?assettype=film&family=creative&phrase=hopkinsville%20kentucky&sort=mostpopular&license=rf%2Crr
I'm wondering about your two cents on this issue. I've photographed every major city in the USA and tons of smaller ones and many of those have been uploaded to Istock and Getty images. Lately I have noticed that the platform does not recognize many or them and will not even allow a search. For instance, Cannelton, Indiana. The system will not even allow that word to be searched and instead searches for Cannelloni. HUH?
Some on the keyword team have told me that even if they decline to add a word to the keyword system search term recognizable words it is still searchable in title and description. I was happy to hear that, but in my tests, it does not seem to be true.
Other cities, which I have images and video uploaded and approved for do not come up in a search. This effectively means I have been wasting my time uploading anything not in recognizable search terms to Getty/Istock.
The Hopkinsville area has a military base plus a major city in Tennessee close by Clarksville. The combined population of those three areas is over 250,000. Do you think that none of those people need or want any images? I'm dumbfounded. Do any of you care and if so, is there anything we can do?
PS, I care about my partnership with Getty and Istock, I know some of you do not, however, I ask that you be respectful. This is not a bash Getty/Istock post. Instead, it is a call to arm for help and support. This issue if affecting buyers and sellers of images, which I am both.
Thanks, looking forward to your constructive comments meant to further and improve the situation.
https://www.gettyimages.com/videos/hopkinsville-kentucky?assettype=film&family=creative&phrase=hopkinsville%20kentucky&sort=mostpopular&license=rf%2Crr
