pancakes

MicrostockGroup Sponsors


Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Karimala

Pages: 1 ... 56 57 58 59 60 [61]
1501
LuckyOliver.com / Re: LO and Google images
« on: March 21, 2007, 13:06 »
I honestly don't think it's a LO issue...I think it's a Google issue.  SS and Fotolia don't have comments, but they do have similar images posted just like LO, and that's what is showing up. 


1502
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Istock troubled waters my opinion
« on: March 21, 2007, 09:47 »
My sales at IS are twice that of SS, even though my portfolio is half the size.  For whatever reason, the search tweeks haven't affected me a bit since the one tweek that doubled my earnings overnight. 

1503
LuckyOliver.com / Re: LO and Google images
« on: March 21, 2007, 09:39 »
When I search for images with my first and second name, I get 16 results, all link to LO, and none of the images are mine!
It seems the displayed image is one of the "similar" images (Geopappas') that is displayed under my own image.

http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://www.luckyoliver.com/photos/derived/dN5kwWkter26gcadbivJjM/dcoFXwmC8r26HtadbivJjM.stock.crop.jpg%3F1156245433&imgrefurl=http://www.luckyoliver.com/photo/408970/moon&h=90&w=120&sz=2&hl=nl&start=2&tbnid=wIMDTj0n6DgV0M:&tbnh=66&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522olivier%2Blantzend%25C3%25B6rffer%2522%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Dnl%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Dactive
(hope the link works)
Any of you have the same "problem"?



I'm not even finding any of my LO photos in Google's search, but there are a lot of mine from Fotolia and Shutterstock with the same problem.  Google seems to be picking up the similar images instead of the primary image. 

1504
LuckyOliver.com / Re: LO Review time
« on: March 19, 2007, 05:06 »
Have to say that my last 2 submissions to LO went through in less than 2 hours each after uploading. Thanks to Karin for her speedy work. On the other hand, SS seems to be slowing down a tad bit--about 15 hours for my last 2 submissions.

You're welcome!  :-) 

1505
General Stock Discussion / Re: Christmas Image Downloaded
« on: March 19, 2007, 04:39 »
I had an EL sale on a Christmas photo at Fotolia the other day.  Couldn't believe it!

1506
Microstock News / Re: Getty buys Scoopt
« on: March 19, 2007, 04:37 »
The agency owned by Photolibra is called Splash News.

I submitted some stuff from Schwarzenegger's Inauguration to Scoopt last month, but so far no sales...probably because I was so late in sending them.  At the time of the inauguration I hadn't yet heard of Scoopt.

1507
Lighting / Re: What do you use for backing?
« on: January 03, 2007, 11:21 »
I use sheets of this type of foam used for chiildren's crafts.  I prefer it over paper, because it I can clean it up, and prefer it over fabric, because the shadows don't have harsh textures.  It also comes in many different colors. 

1508
Software - General / Re: Stock Photo Software
« on: December 28, 2006, 18:51 »
Yeh...I thought I had an answer, but it turned out I was wrong.   ;D

1509
Software - General / Re: Stock Photo Software
« on: December 27, 2006, 19:34 »
.

1510
New Sites - General / Re: Any experience with USPhotoStock.com?
« on: December 25, 2006, 22:07 »
Just checked the status os USPhotoStock, and out of curiosity searched using Ian's phoney keywords.  A bunch of images by "Ninon" came up, so it appears they haven't bothered to remove the images (assuming Ninon is Ian).  Unbelievable.

1511
Shared photo shoots are always fun!  I attend the Ballyhoo events that Lucky Oliver hosts, and next month expect to see a bunch of similar food photos uploaded by various photographers.

1512
I sure hope you're right, Ed.  The one thing that bothers me about working with SS is their hold on the subscription market.  It would be nice to not have to rely so much on one agency for my income and see it spread around a little more.   

I'm not crazy about the free images program or the removal of images that haven't sold in a year.  I would much rather see a program like IS's dollar bin implemented, so we actually have a chance to earn something before the image is toast.  Sometimes a true gem appears that was overlooked by buyers for some reason, and they sell like crazy when offered for a dollar.  The true duds might only see a sale or two, but even then at least the photographer's work isn't going unrewarded.

1513
LuckyOliver.com / Re: My first download!
« on: December 18, 2006, 18:10 »
Congrats, Sandra!  :-)  DLs have been picking up quite nicely for a little over a month, so I'm sure there's more to come.  I have 11 so far.  Woo!

1514
Gimmestock.com / Re: News from Gimmestock
« on: December 18, 2006, 13:41 »
I can't remember where I read it.  It was either on the Yahoogroups microstock list or on CanStockPhoto itself...or both.  It's been a few months since I read it.  Unfortunately, CanStockPhoto doesn't have search capabilities for its forum yet, so I can't go back and look, and I'm not finding it on Yahoogroups.   

1515
Gimmestock.com / Re: News from Gimmestock
« on: December 18, 2006, 09:23 »
I've been wondering about Duncan's claim that CanStockPhoto is a non-profit, so thanks for sharing the dialogue!  After reading his claim somewhere, I went to the site to find out more information...if it's truly a non-profit like Big White Box, I really would like to know what I'm supporting.  Couldn't find a thing, which has been troubling me.  Now I know.  A hobbyist running a site for free is far from being a non-profit.  Makes me further question the integrity of Duncan and the site.

As for Gimmestock, they were making the same promises long before I asked them to remove my images last summer.  To anyone who wants to remove their images, just send them an e-mail and they will remove them for you. 

Pages: 1 ... 56 57 58 59 60 [61]

Sponsors

Mega Bundle of 5,900+ Professional Lightroom Presets

Microstock Poll Results

Sponsors