Numbers for iStock are way off right now because of Partner Program stats. It doesn't show most of the PP sales. I'm working on update.

Yes, there is something strange with IS update atm. Please try to force full update this can fix the problem while I'm working on proper fix.
Are you sure that filessets disappears? Maybe it is fileset scrollbar on some wrong position. Please try to scroll the bar to upper and lower position to see if this will solve it.

It looks like error iStock side. How big is difference in terms of dollar amount? You can reply via email if you want.

I know where it is located. Every time I start MA it is 50 and I have to change it to 100 and it stays 100 until next restart of MA.

Thanks for pointing this out. It is fixed in latest version.

Released version 1.6.0
- support for site updates on Shutterstock and Single Downloads support
- fixed errors with upload dates on 123RF
- fixed login on iStock (sometimes login did not work from the first time)

www.microstockanalytics.com/MicrostockAnalyticsSetup1.6.exe

I have some issue here. My portfolio has some dls and I can see it on site, then I update stats with MA and when I made an addition through years I can see some 600+ downloads more than I have on the site. Site does not calculate pp and Getty sales in the sum downloads but i have doubt that I have so many pp sales which I opted out long time ago. Also I can see some mismatch errors when I collect stats (I already sent you that report). Please, could you explain what MA collect (pp,getty...) an is there any chance to separate those dls? Thank you.

According to error reports there are only less then 10 sales mismatched. This may be false positives. I will be updating validation process to support updated statistics in iStock. After update errors may disapper. PP sales should be visible in "Revelue Split" graph. It shows total earnings rather then download count, but it should easy to calculate downloads.

Huh? When you search or when buyers search? Why would you need to upload again, if they are already there? Sometimes I get really confused with all this.

There is only one page search result. I'm pretty sure buyers will not see images on this one page either. Why to reupload? IMO, search engine is using downloads/age metric to sort images. And this metric is given quite a high weight. So what happens if I get lets say 4 times less downloads for new images. After bug is fixed all new images will be pushed pretty far back in search results and will be selling less then they would normally do.

Quote from: Grisho on October 21, 2011, 03:37

Is there a way to delete the database and create a new one? I tried to uninstall the application and everything but couldn't find a way.

I think you can just rename the MicrostockAnalytics directory in your MyDocs folder. 

Tyler, thanks for answering this one. Yes or you can simply delete this filter. But I like renaming better because you keep a backup this way.

There was a database compatibility problem in this version. Please update to the newest:
www.microstockanalytics.com/MicrostockAnalyticsSetup1.5.exe
This should solve it.

Pro 1000 will be enough for up to 1000 files on each site.

Hi Tyler, good to know you that like new features.

I got feedback that 7 first keywords are no longer important on Fotolia. And was told that this info comes directly from Fotolia. Can anyone confirm this?

Newest version of Microstock Analytics now comes with Keyword Statistics and Keywording Optimization.
Program collects keywords used by buyers to buy your images from Dreamstime (Buyer searched after column) and from Shutterstock (Image Gallery Stats in Darkroom).

Statistics for single file, fileset or selection is displayed in Keyword Sales tab:


This information can be very useful for optimizing keywording for existing or new files.
New tool allows you to insert keywords and optimize order of keywords, keywords count and add missing keywords. All based on what buyers searched after:


Sort by Revenue will put keywords that were already used by buyers in the beginning. This is very usefull for Fotolia where first 7 keywrods are most important.
Limit Number of keywords. Best to use this function after sorting to make sure important keywords will remain in the list. This is very useful for Dreamstime. According to my test I was able to improve placement of my files on iStockphoto by 10% by limiting number of keywords.
Add missing keywords. This will make sure you not missing any important keywords.

Keywording Optimization works best if you select few similar files first. This can be easily done using search function.

I would like to hear your opinion on how useful you find this feature. Also any optimization strategies you're using that can be implemented in future versions to help you improve/automate this process.