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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: luissantos84 on December 28, 2012, 19:02
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http://submit.shutterstock.com/darkroom/keywords/suggestions.mhtml (http://submit.shutterstock.com/darkroom/keywords/suggestions.mhtml)
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Nice tool, but on the other hand I feel a bit cheated. I normally spend a lot of time thinking through my keywords, as I see at as nearly 50% of the sale. Now one can actually just take the top selling guys hard keyboarding work and copy it. Just does not feel right. :-\
PS Thanks for the post Luis.
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Yeah it was BETA tested for about a month.
And this just makes it easier for anyone to copy and paste.
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I use http://dusegard.se/PhotoKeywording.aspx (http://dusegard.se/PhotoKeywording.aspx)
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Actually it is still considered Beta. It was tested for a month or so by a few selected contributors, then made public roughly a week ago. SS would appreciate any feedback. Just use the tab on the left.
BTW, this is almost exactly the same method Yuri uses for his keywording tool. I haven't used the dusegard tool so don't know what it is based upon.
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I was one of the beta testers, so I'll be interested to see how it works out once the wrinkles are ironed out. I use the dusegard one too, and I like it. I'm not sure i'll go into SS to make kw for my pics first, as I like the new upload process of the drag n drop. I found it added two words in. I don't like that you can't type in your own words, which was mentioned by many during the testing phase.
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So what's next? Type in keywords and find yourself a top selling image you like, which you can use as a background - just make it out of focus? :P
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So what's next? Type in keywords and find yourself a top selling image you like, which you can use as a background - just make it out of focus? :P
keywords - mature woman office laptop smiling teamwork - are not proprietary. They are descriptions of what's in the image.
It helps the buyer if the appropriate keywords are on an image. Particularly for those whose native language isn't English, it can be very helpful to ensure they've covered the typical keywords for a shot.
If you look at what keywords sell your images, it's most often the obvious stuff - I don't think there's any competitive advantage long term to having only some images containing relevant keywords.
I beta tested this too, and I think it's not a bad start - with some current limitations it'd be nice to see addressed. The biggest problem is horrendously bad spammy keywording, but I think that's largely intentional vs. inadvertent and as such a tool like this doesn't really address that problem.
I think this is just a useful tool to help make sure that
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... Particularly for those whose native language isn't English, it can be very helpful to ensure they've covered the typical keywords for a shot. ...
This is a bit "unfair" towards those whose native language isn't English but can type the right words nevertheless. It is a nice advantage if a lot of good pictures can't be found because of someone else's typos and poor keywording ;D
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I use Leaf's microstock group keyword tool. Works great.... Thanks Leaf
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So what's next? Type in keywords and find yourself a top selling image you like, which you can use as a background - just make it out of focus? :P
keywords - mature woman office laptop smiling teamwork - are not proprietary. They are descriptions of what's in the image.
Check the little tongue in the cheek icon ;)
(Was merely referring to making use of other peoples initiatives/work - no legal implications suggested)
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[url]http://submit.shutterstock.com/darkroom/keywords/suggestions.mhtml[/url] ([url]http://submit.shutterstock.com/darkroom/keywords/suggestions.mhtml[/url])
Thanks
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I use Leaf's microstock group keyword tool. Works great.... Thanks Leaf
Me too. Thanks Leaf. Don't see a whole world of difference between the SS version and Leaf's one actually.
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I use Leaf's microstock group keyword tool. Works great.... Thanks Leaf
Me too. Thanks Leaf. Don't see a whole world of difference between the SS version and Leaf's one actually.
you have to pick at least 3 images for the SS one, which was not good last time I used it.