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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: ruxpriencdiam on May 12, 2012, 00:28

Title: New search implemented.
Post by: ruxpriencdiam on May 12, 2012, 00:28
Since a bunch of you here dont read the forums or anything else that is going on on SS read this.


http://www.shutterstock.com/buzz/improved-search-system?rid=212929&ref=212929 (http://www.shutterstock.com/buzz/improved-search-system?rid=212929&ref=212929)

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=122885&start=0 (http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=122885&start=0)
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: Tantoon on May 12, 2012, 00:39
We're Doomed ><
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: qwerty on May 12, 2012, 01:47
how many posts did that person say "this is lame"
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: lagereek on May 12, 2012, 04:03
I get very edgy when anybody starts tampering with a search, especially a pretty good search such as, SS.  I sincerely hope that " relevancy"  will not be the default but only an option.
Many other agencies, using Relevancy, are having hard search times. In fact, the entire shamble of the IS, best match,  is based on relevancy.

 ::)
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: wut on May 12, 2012, 04:23
I hope it'll bring me more SODs and ELs, so far I got none this month :o . OTOH subs and ODs are higher than ever, so things are still on track for a 2nd BME, but with the number of ELs and SODs I got in March, it would be a BME easily, a big one at that, especially if there were some 18$ SODs and 90$ ELs among them
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: luissantos84 on May 12, 2012, 16:06
it is helping me but same number of sales, maybe more ODs
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: luissantos84 on May 12, 2012, 16:16
how many posts did that person say "this is lame"

not that much ;D
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: nicku on May 14, 2012, 04:54
I wonder how much time will pass until we will starting to see deleted images ( SS is having 20 mil images online)....
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: luissantos84 on May 14, 2012, 06:53
I wonder how much time will pass until we will starting to see deleted images ( SS is having 20 mil images online)....

that doesn´t make sense at least in terms of their collection, sure it could be 5 M but why going down from the 20 M, would it be better for us and for buyers too? shall we stop uploading?
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: wut on May 14, 2012, 07:19
I wonder how much time will pass until we will starting to see deleted images ( SS is having 20 mil images online)....

The sooner the better, site would work faster, less rubbish in the search results=more satisfied buyers ;)
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: luissantos84 on May 14, 2012, 07:32
basically I believe if they ever do a cleaning they should start on older files without any sales but back in 1900 when everything would sell so might not be that accurate, the all deleting has a lot of costs not to mention that reviewers were paid to approve those files..

another thing is that buyers looking for a picture won´t go over 50k results, they will go over the 1-5 first pages, so all the crap ain´t making the job harder for buyers

25% of my portfolio at SS never sold
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: JPSDK on May 14, 2012, 08:09
I note that SS actually informs us, and that their post equals contributers and customers. They explain it well, I think.

BTW I think that the falling sales we sometimes (and especially this May) hear about from all around the agencies, might have more to do with macro economics than the performance of the agencies.
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: wut on May 14, 2012, 08:30
I note that SS actually informs us, and that their post equals contributers and customers. They explain it well, I think.

BTW I think that the falling sales we sometimes (and especially this May) hear about from all around the agencies, might have more to do with macro economics than the performance of the agencies.

Indeed. We aren't getting the same number of DLs from some EU countries (Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Ireland...) that we used to. I hope BRIC compensates to a degree. Well at least Brazil does, for me.
Title: Re: New search implemented.
Post by: RacePhoto on May 14, 2012, 12:07
We're Doomed ><

That covers it. Funny how restructuring the search is "cooking the results" Hey wait, they created the search in the first place, was that cooking the results?

And gee, everyone's sales are down. (haven't we heard that impossible claim before?) Like, someones pictures have "all" been moved back. Well folks, that means someone is getting those sales now and something had to replace all those files that moved backwards.

I suspect a bunch of complaining and crying, as usual. That's the true nature of any change. Complainers are loud and frequently exaggerated.

Hey look, it must be working. An image of mine that's never sold before, sold on Sunday.  :D Good thing it wasn't deleted according to Some People!