Author Topic: Shutterstock search algorithm just changed. (Read 24817 times)

Dumc · « **Reply #25 on:** May 02, 2016, 12:36 »

And which holiday is that?

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #26 on:** May 02, 2016, 12:46 »

May day bank holiday.

Dumc · « **Reply #27 on:** May 02, 2016, 13:00 »

UK, what about "much of Europe"?

ShadySue · « **Reply #28 on:** May 02, 2016, 13:56 »

Quote from: Dumc on May 02, 2016, 13:00

UK, what about "much of Europe"?

Have you heard about the internet? Incredible for getting info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day
As yesterday was a Sunday, the holiday will often pass to today.

Dumc · « **Reply #29 on:** May 02, 2016, 14:03 »

1st of May is Labour day. 2nd May is normal working day in much of Europe. And yes, I checked "internet". Maybe you should check it too. Only countires in Europe that have 2nd May free of work are Slovenia, Serbia, Ukraine and Monte negro.

ShadySue · « **Reply #30 on:** May 02, 2016, 14:24 »

Quote from: Dumc on May 02, 2016, 14:03

1st of May is Labour day. 2nd May is normal working day in much of Europe. And yes, I checked "internet". Maybe you should check it too. Only countires in Europe that have 2nd May free of work are Slovenia, Serbia, Ukraine and Monte negro.

Wrong, apparently:
http://www.officeholidays.com/upcoming/index.php

Dumc · « **Reply #31 on:** May 02, 2016, 14:36 »

Ok, I admit, my bad. I should know that Australia, Barbados, Burundi, China, Dominican republic, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong..... are considered "much of Europe".

ShadySue · « **Reply #32 on:** May 02, 2016, 14:38 »

Quote from: Dumc on May 02, 2016, 14:36

Ok, I admit, my bad. I should know that Australia, Barbados, Burundi, China, Dominican republic, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong..... are considered "much of Europe".

Yawn.
Be happy. I'll change to "Several countries have public holidays today".

Julied83 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 02, 2016, 15:05 »

Europe and UK holiday can explain the down of my sale today at SS .. I hope it'll be better tomorrow because it's very very low !

Firewall · « **Reply #34 on:** May 02, 2016, 15:19 »

I have more sales than usual today. Most of the sales are from Europe

Minsc · « **Reply #35 on:** May 02, 2016, 16:09 »

Looks like everything is finally back to normal again. Still having a decent day despite the glitch and the holiday.

Tomorrow is going to be great!

Microstockphoto · « **Reply #36 on:** May 04, 2016, 13:44 »

1 of my photos jumped from spot 2 to 3, is the site broken?

Dumc · « **Reply #37 on:** May 04, 2016, 13:54 »

I guess people check for position of their images daily. How else would one know that page 1 and 2 were swapped.

douglas · « **Reply #38 on:** May 04, 2016, 18:15 »

Quote from: Dumc on May 02, 2016, 14:36

Ok, I admit, my bad. I should know that Australia, Barbados, Burundi, China, Dominican republic, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong..... are considered "much of Europe".

Grumpy bugger! It was also Easter Monday in the Orthodox calendar so a holiday in Romania, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Cyprus ...

MircoV · « **Reply #39 on:** May 05, 2016, 01:44 »

I would not say it to colleagues at my work to avoid unnecessary stress but since it is a forum it is different.

I am always wondering how somebody can have a complain about search engine and thinks that it is broken just because his or her images are not anymore on page 1, instead taken by other contributors. Then they check and check every day until the images are on page 1 again and then they decide the engine is fixed.

Do you really believe that you have a special ticket and only your images should be on first page? Everybody that sells images on SS has right to be on page 1 and everybody can fall into page 2 and deeper.

Mirco

Chichikov · « **Reply #40 on:** May 05, 2016, 06:16 »

Quote from: douglas on May 04, 2016, 18:15

Quote from: Dumc on May 02, 2016, 14:36
Ok, I admit, my bad. I should know that Australia, Barbados, Burundi, China, Dominican republic, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong..... are considered "much of Europe".

Grumpy bugger! It was also Easter Monday in the Orthodox calendar so a holiday in Romania, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Cyprus ...

Not only, as the first of May was a Saturday, in some of these countries they had Tuesday as holiday too, to "compensate"

Zero Talent · « **Reply #41 on:** May 05, 2016, 06:27 »

Quote from: MircoV on May 05, 2016, 01:44

I would not say it to colleagues at my work to avoid unnecessary stress but since it is a forum it is different.

I am always wondering how somebody can have a complain about search engine and thinks that it is broken just because his or her images are not anymore on page 1, instead taken by other contributors. Then they check and check every day until the images are on page 1 again and then they decide the engine is fixed.

Do you really believe that you have a special ticket and only your images should be on first page? Everybody that sells images on SS has right to be on page 1 and everybody can fall into page 2 and deeper.

Mirco

I agree with you... in general
I always reject the usual conspiracies this site is very popular for.

However, last week, there was a glich, not a conspiracy. For only 3 or 4 days, the entire 1st page has been swapped with the second. Not just my photos. I know well those photos belonging to fellow contributors, sitting next to mine. These were still sitting next to mine, but on the second page.
Once the glitch got solved, the same photos were sitting next to mine, back on the first page again.
Even their order on the second page was virtually the same.
Statistically, it cannot be not a coincidence.

The good news is the site is back to normal.

Mantis · « **Reply #42 on:** May 05, 2016, 07:35 »

Quote from: Zero Talent on May 05, 2016, 06:27

Quote from: MircoV on May 05, 2016, 01:44
I would not say it to colleagues at my work to avoid unnecessary stress but since it is a forum it is different.

I am always wondering how somebody can have a complain about search engine and thinks that it is broken just because his or her images are not anymore on page 1, instead taken by other contributors. Then they check and check every day until the images are on page 1 again and then they decide the engine is fixed.

Do you really believe that you have a special ticket and only your images should be on first page? Everybody that sells images on SS has right to be on page 1 and everybody can fall into page 2 and deeper.

Mirco

I agree with you... in general
I always reject the usual conspiracies this site is very popular for.

However, last week, there was a glich, not a conspiracy. For only 3 or 4 days, the entire 1st page has been swapped with the second. Not just my photos. I know well those photos belonging to fellow contributors, sitting next to mine. These were still sitting next to mine, but on the second page.
Once the glitch got solved, the same photos were sitting next to mine, back on the first page again.
Even their order on the second page was virtually the same.
Statistically, it cannot be not a coincidence.

The good news is the site is back to normal and I'm on page one.

Edited for completeness

Just joking

Zero Talent · « **Reply #43 on:** May 05, 2016, 08:02 »

Quote from: Mantis on May 05, 2016, 07:35

Quote from: Zero Talent on May 05, 2016, 06:27
Quote from: MircoV on May 05, 2016, 01:44
I would not say it to colleagues at my work to avoid unnecessary stress but since it is a forum it is different.

I am always wondering how somebody can have a complain about search engine and thinks that it is broken just because his or her images are not anymore on page 1, instead taken by other contributors. Then they check and check every day until the images are on page 1 again and then they decide the engine is fixed.

Do you really believe that you have a special ticket and only your images should be on first page? Everybody that sells images on SS has right to be on page 1 and everybody can fall into page 2 and deeper.

Mirco

I agree with you... in general
I always reject the usual conspiracies this site is very popular for.

However, last week, there was a glich, not a conspiracy. For only 3 or 4 days, the entire 1st page has been swapped with the second. Not just my photos. I know well those photos belonging to fellow contributors, sitting next to mine. These were still sitting next to mine, but on the second page.
Once the glitch got solved, the same photos were sitting next to mine, back on the first page again.
Even their order on the second page was virtually the same.
Statistically, it cannot be not a coincidence.

The good news is the site is back to normal and I'm on page one.

Edited for completeness Just joking

Lol, not just "page one", but the very first on page one

(Instead of the very first on page 2

)

Edited for "complete" completeness

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Shelma1 · « **Reply #44 on:** May 05, 2016, 08:16 »

It must be some kind of glitch only some people are seeing. The new page "2" is acting normally, with things shifting around, and the new page "1" seems stuck, with lots of similars just sitting there in a big chunk in the same static position.

Sales seem to be normal.

Minsc · « **Reply #45 on:** May 05, 2016, 12:08 »

Quote from: MircoV on May 05, 2016, 01:44

I would not say it to colleagues at my work to avoid unnecessary stress but since it is a forum it is different.

I am always wondering how somebody can have a complain about search engine and thinks that it is broken just because his or her images are not anymore on page 1, instead taken by other contributors. Then they check and check every day until the images are on page 1 again and then they decide the engine is fixed.

Do you really believe that you have a special ticket and only your images should be on first page? Everybody that sells images on SS has right to be on page 1 and everybody can fall into page 2 and deeper.

Mirco

It was a glitch. It was experienced by a lot of contributors, not just a couple. Every contributor that upload has the right to be on the first page, but the right is earned when images gets download more than others make their way up there.

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