The absence of not only sales, but even individual assaults.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

For the most part it does not depend on the bad keywords for me, but something from the other. I would not like to raise is the topic on which I am very far away and do not understand it, but I suppose the presence of a very politically generated view of the authors of my country, including me.

 

In principle, I have no claims to anyone, much does not depend on us, but many do not understand this approach.

How many people - so many opinions as I think that this is not forever, and when it all fall into place, the only bad thing I most likely will not see.

Interestingly, I can bequeath to his granddaughter their work here?

[dov makabaw]

Would I be right in assuming that this topic refers to an absence of, not only of sales, but of hits, i.e. zooms?

 

 

dov

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Would I be right in assuming that this topic refers to an absence of, not only of sales, but of hits, i.e. zooms?

 

 

dov

Yes

[NYCat]

In a quick look at your images I was attracted by : : GJBGJD . In the United States we would call that an amusement park ride. I know there is a language problem but hope you will struggle on and not be too discouraged.

 

Paulette

[dov makabaw]

Some really great pics but you might like to revisit the keyword. e.g. FWG046 - the subject is a wedding car, no mention of a car, vehicle or make. FYA3W0 a samosa - can't see any animals. G2JPDJ is this a statue & art - can't see a fountain or well or vehicle.

 

dov

[Craig Yates]

GF7J9A  is a shot of a handsome young man singing karaoke.

 

The male does not look that young. he is holding a microphone but you do not have microphone in your keywords.

You have female in your keywords there is no female in the shot.

You have east coast city in your keywords but there is no location mentioned, east coast city where?

There are a few other words that i would remove as they do not relate to the image. boyfriend,couple,closed,group, and a few others.

 

I would go back and review all your keywords before adding any more material.

 

Regards

Craig

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Some really great pics but you might like to revisit the keyword. e.g. FWG046 - the subject is a wedding car, no mention of a car, vehicle or make. FYA3W0 a samosa - can't see any animals. G2JPDJ is this a statue & art - can't see a fountain or well or vehicle.

 

dov

GF7J9A is a shot of a handsome young man singing karaoke.

 

The male does not look that young. he is holding a microphone but you do not have microphone in your keywords.

You have female in your keywords there is no female in the shot.

You have east coast city in your keywords but there is no location mentioned, east coast city where?

There are a few other words that i would remove as they do not relate to the image. boyfriend,couple,closed,group, and a few others.

 

I would go back and review all your keywords before adding any more material.

 

Regards

Craig

In a quick look at your images I was attracted by : : GJBGJD . In the United States we would call that an amusement park ride. I know there is a language problem but hope you will struggle on and not be too discouraged.

 

Paulette

Paulette, dov, Craig, I thank you for your help! Already made changes to your keywords.

But in principle, I am not talking about this, and about deskriminatsii in my opinion. Too clearly seen political background, of course, I can not right, as in politics do not understand (not in my whole life policy), but then not really Alamy displays statistics that I basically can not allow.

[chrumu]

Hi Gennadii

 

Your images are available for sale in a professional market environment. It can't be overstressed how important keywording and captioning is. I'm sorry to be so direct, but Google Translate simply won't do the job.

 

 I propose you concentrate on Russian agencies till you either learn English or find someone else who will do the keywording for you.

 

 

Christoph

[losdemas]

 

Some really great pics but you might like to revisit the keyword. e.g. FWG046 - the subject is a wedding car, no mention of a car, vehicle or make. FYA3W0 a samosa - can't see any animals. G2JPDJ is this a statue & art - can't see a fountain or well or vehicle.

 

dov

GF7J9A is a shot of a handsome young man singing karaoke.

 

The male does not look that young. he is holding a microphone but you do not have microphone in your keywords.

You have female in your keywords there is no female in the shot.

You have east coast city in your keywords but there is no location mentioned, east coast city where?

There are a few other words that i would remove as they do not relate to the image. boyfriend,couple,closed,group, and a few others.

 

I would go back and review all your keywords before adding any more material.

 

Regards

Craig

In a quick look at your images I was attracted by : : GJBGJD . In the United States we would call that an amusement park ride. I know there is a language problem but hope you will struggle on and not be too discouraged.

 

Paulette

Paulette, dov, Craig, I thank you for your help! Already made changes to your keywords.

But in principle, I am not talking about this, and about deskriminatsii in my opinion. Too clearly seen political background, of course, I can not right, as in politics do not understand (not in my whole life policy), but then not really Alamy displays statistics that I basically can not allow.

 

 

Keywords, keywords, keywords - and you will sell. Language is the problem, Gennadii. Keep your chin up

[Betty LaRue]

I can see no reason for politics to enter into zooms or sales. It is the language/keyword barrier.

 

Gennadii, if it is possible, I would recommend your taking an English class. There surely are some available to you? If so, and since it seems you are very sincere about your photography, and you are a good photographer, understanding English, being better able to read it and write it would help your understanding of the proper keywords.

 

I suspect you are finding images close to yours within Alamy in subject matter and copying keywords to apply to your images. If I'm wrong, I apologize. But that would explain why you have some keywords describing things that are not in your images.

 

If I were trying to submit images to a foreign-speaking country, I might do the same thing in my desperation.

 

Betty

[Gennadii Rybalov]

I can see no reason for politics to enter into zooms or sales. It is the language/keyword barrier.

 

Gennadii, if it is possible, I would recommend your taking an English class. There surely are some available to you? If so, and since it seems you are very sincere about your photography, and you are a good photographer, understanding English, being better able to read it and write it would help your understanding of the proper keywords.

 

I suspect you are finding images close to yours within Alamy in subject matter and copying keywords to apply to your images. If I'm wrong, I apologize. But that would explain why you have some keywords describing things that are not in your images.

 

If I were trying to submit images to a foreign-speaking country, I might do the same thing in my desperation.

 

Betty

Betty, yes, with the English I have really bad, I know.

The most I use a resource that prompted me here, but it turns out is not enough. http://www.microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

[gvallee]

Political reason is a strange assumption.

 

Until recently, I have been reporting regularly sales in the "Have you found any Alamy images" thread, and I have noticed that quite a few Russian photographers names have cropped up, especially for studio shots it seems.

[Cryptoprocta]

 

I can see no reason for politics to enter into zooms or sales. It is the language/keyword barrier.

 

Gennadii, if it is possible, I would recommend your taking an English class. There surely are some available to you? If so, and since it seems you are very sincere about your photography, and you are a good photographer, understanding English, being better able to read it and write it would help your understanding of the proper keywords.

 

I suspect you are finding images close to yours within Alamy in subject matter and copying keywords to apply to your images. If I'm wrong, I apologize. But that would explain why you have some keywords describing things that are not in your images.

 

If I were trying to submit images to a foreign-speaking country, I might do the same thing in my desperation.

 

Betty

Betty, yes, with the English I have really bad, I know.

The most I use a resource that prompted me here, but it turns out is not enough. http://www.microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

 

Sorry, I know that translating is your problem, but no automatic keywording tool can do the job.

 

(I wonder if there is any value in keywording in Russian to attact any Russian buyers here? (I don't know how many Russian buyers there are)

 

Really, conspiracy theories count as nothing compared to your problematic keywording. Again, I sympathise.

Chrumu's suggestion to try to find a Russian agency is sound.

[MariaJ]

Like others have said, I think the main problem is with keywording - either absence of necessary keywords, or the inclusion of irrelevant keywords.  Both problems will reduce the likelihood of sales.

 

For example, image GKM6KK.  I think that's a great studio shot that could sell.    I would have described it as "A muscular young women working out (or exercising) in a gym with an exercise ball.".  In your description there is no mention of the exercise ball (or in the keywords).

 

In your keywords, the following important words are missing (in my opinion)-  working, out. young, ball, muscular, female, stretching

 

Some keywords you have that don't apply very well - grinning, cheerful, cheerfulness, smiling, readiness, bending, wear

 

Some keywords that don't seem to apply at all - camera, cameras, early, images, focus, length

 

Hope this example is helpful.

 

Maria

[AlessandraRC]

Hang on there friend. You have over 2,000 pictures in there, the difficult part has been accomplished! 

 

Have you tried to search for and find your own images (using keywords that apply to them without looking at your key words)? I've discovered important things trying to find mine. 

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Как уже говорили другие, я думаю, что главная проблема заключается - либо слова на русском отсутствие необходимых ключевых слов, или включение нерелевантных ключевых слов. Обе эти проблемы позволит снизить вероятность продаж.

 

Например, изображение GKM6KK. Я думаю, что это отличная студия выстрел, который мог бы продать. Я бы описал его как "мускулистый молодых женщин, работающих (или физических упражнений) в тренажерном зале с мячом мероприятие.". В вашем описании нет упоминания о осуществление мяч (или в ключевых словах).

 

В ваших ключевых слов, следующие важные слова отсутствуют (на мой взгляд) - работа, вне. молодой, мяч, мышечной, женщина, растяжения

 

Некоторые ключевые слова у вас есть, что не применяются очень хорошо - усмехаясь, веселый, жизнерадостность, улыбаясь, степень готовности, изгиб, износ

 

Некоторые ключевые слова, которые, кажется, не применяются вообще - камеры, фотоаппараты, рано, изображения, фокус, длина

 

Надеюсь, что этот пример является полезным.

 

Мария

Thank you! Very useful tips, important substantially to the selected one image!

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Hi Gennadii

 

Your images are available for sale in a professional market environment. It can't be overstressed how important keywording and captioning is. I'm sorry to be so direct, but Google Translate simply won't do the job.

 

 I propose you concentrate on Russian agencies till you either learn English or find someone else who will do the keywording for you.

 

 

Christoph

 

 

I am not sure, but it sounds like you suspect that your lack of sales may be down to the political relationship between the country where you are (Russia?) and elsewhere.

 

I dont think that that is the situation. If you put the same images with the same keywords under an English Pseudonym I dont think it would make much difference.

 

Alamy sales a lot of secondary editorial to certain markets, mainly UK and USA. It follows that content aimed at or from those markets sells more than other content.

 

Similarely if I get sales from a Japanese agent, it tends to be of Japanese subjects. A German agent of mine sells mostly German content. The Netherlands Dutch content. My African agent sells mostly African content.

 

There are always exceptions... but I know if I were to send images of my lokale here in Amsterdam to an agent in Russia, then the chances of sales would be less than if it were locally produced Russian content.

 

It is a challenge to cater for certain markets. Sometimes one slips up on the most simple things and there are subtle nuances which make an image and people stand out as having a certain national characteristic which can be difficult to define.

 

 

 

 

I can see no reason for politics to enter into zooms or sales. It is the language/keyword barrier.

 

Gennadii, if it is possible, I would recommend your taking an English class. There surely are some available to you? If so, and since it seems you are very sincere about your photography, and you are a good photographer, understanding English, being better able to read it and write it would help your understanding of the proper keywords.

 

I suspect you are finding images close to yours within Alamy in subject matter and copying keywords to apply to your images. If I'm wrong, I apologize. But that would explain why you have some keywords describing things that are not in your images.

 

If I were trying to submit images to a foreign-speaking country, I might do the same thing in my desperation.

 

Betty

Betty, yes, with the English I have really bad, I know.

The most I use a resource that prompted me here, but it turns out is not enough. http://www.microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

 

Sorry, I know that translating is your problem, but no automatic keywording tool can do the job.

 

(I wonder if there is any value in keywording in Russian to attact any Russian buyers here? (I don't know how many Russian buyers there are)

 

Really, conspiracy theories count as nothing compared to your problematic keywording. Again, I sympathise.

Chrumu's suggestion to try to find a Russian agency is sound.

 

 

 

Hang on there friend. You have over 2,000 pictures in there, the difficult part has been accomplished! 

 

Have you tried to search for and find your own images (using keywords that apply to them without looking at your key words)? I've discovered important things trying to find mine. 

+1

Perhaps you are right, but until now I still can not agree with everything, because many do not correspond to reality.

Find what the Russian agency that is not the outcome to which I aspire, my desire to achieve some success in the Alami. My experience and technology make it possible to have some pretty good images that can compete here (probably) and so I will try.

I thank everyone who gave advice based to a particular image, and not just in theory.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

 

 

Some really great pics but you might like to revisit the keyword. e.g. FWG046 - the subject is a wedding car, no mention of a car, vehicle or make. FYA3W0 a samosa - can't see any animals. G2JPDJ is this a statue & art - can't see a fountain or well or vehicle.

 

dov

GF7J9A is a shot of a handsome young man singing karaoke.

 

The male does not look that young. he is holding a microphone but you do not have microphone in your keywords.

You have female in your keywords there is no female in the shot.

You have east coast city in your keywords but there is no location mentioned, east coast city where?

There are a few other words that i would remove as they do not relate to the image. boyfriend,couple,closed,group, and a few others.

 

I would go back and review all your keywords before adding any more material.

 

Regards

Craig

In a quick look at your images I was attracted by : : GJBGJD . In the United States we would call that an amusement park ride. I know there is a language problem but hope you will struggle on and not be too discouraged.

 

Paulette

Paulette, dov, Craig, I thank you for your help! Already made changes to your keywords.

But in principle, I am not talking about this, and about deskriminatsii in my opinion. Too clearly seen political background, of course, I can not right, as in politics do not understand (not in my whole life policy), but then not really Alamy displays statistics that I basically can not allow.

 

 

Keywords, keywords, keywords - and you will sell. Language is the problem, Gennadii. Keep your chin up

 

 

 

Hang on there friend. You have over 2,000 pictures in there, the difficult part has been accomplished! 

 

Have you tried to search for and find your own images (using keywords that apply to them without looking at your key words)? I've discovered important things trying to find mine. 

+1

Thanks for the support!

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Gennadii, вот что я хотел бы сделать в вашей ситуации:

• Найти агентство , которое делает на английском языке слова на русском для вас. Есть несколько там. Я также представить французским и английским агентством , который предпочитает , чтобы сделать себя слова на русском ( конечно же , вам придется добавить точный заголовок на английском языке ). Или найти агентство в России , которое преобразует ваши русские заголовки и ключевые слова на английском языке для английской версии на своем веб - сайте или который сублицензии эти изображения в партнерских агентств в англоязычных странах. Я работаю с другими учреждениями в Бельгии, Франции и Германии , которые принимают мои ключевые слова на английском языке , но показать их на своих сайтах на их родном языке.
• После того как вы представить такого агентства, скопировать эти английские титры и ключевые слова и добавить их в те же фотографии здесь.

 

Скорее всего, эти переводы будут выполняться автоматически и не будет 100% точным, но, по крайней мере, это будет огромный шаг вперед.

Не волнуйтесь ли продать эти учреждения или нет. Просто видеть их в качестве бесплатной услуги перевода  

 

Cheers,

Philippe

+1

Philippe, I understand what you say, I have tried to find such agencies, but unfortunately could not find one that would help me, perhaps Google in my area does not issue such search results. The only site found, but there are paid services, and I have to pay is not ready yet, unfortunately for two years did not have a job.

So we'll have to count only on the support forum, many useful to hear and apply editing. You yourself probably remember how bad I was at the very beginning of my participation here, it is now much corrected.

Thanks for the support!

[Martyn]

I think if I were in this situation I would be looking for a student who speaks, reads and writes English well and has a strong desire to learn photography....and do a mutual trade....you teach the photographic skills in return for help in keywording.....

[Gennadii Rybalov]

 

 

It is a challenge to cater for certain markets. Sometimes one slips up on the most simple things and there are subtle nuances which make an image and people stand out as having a certain national characteristic which can be difficult to define.

 

 

Just to illustrate what I mean here. You have some images of construction workers. In the UK and many other countries, even Colombia, there are various health and safety measures which mean that they construction workers have to wear safety clothing, hard hats, goggles, gloves, hi-viz vests etc. Without the clothing you are illustrating a lack of those features which may be a niche, but not as big as with. Similarely with the cutting of the asbestos pipe. (I hope it wasn;t asbestos.) Here, asbestos is removed from buildings by workers wearing layers and layers of protective clothing to protect them from the harm which the dust can produce. In this case you may have a niche for something which is not done elsewhere, but it is less likely to sell as something which is done.

 

Another example is, I have the feeling that ladies in Eastern European countries and the UK wear a lot more make up than say here in Holland or in Germany. A subtle difference which could make the difference between someone buying or not buying an image. 

 

I would also say, patience is a virtue, in the days of slides it used to take years before we started to see our work getting returns. And dont get too obsessed with the numbers. Its not difficult to get 2000 images on here... that doesn;t necessarily translate to sales. The quantity is just one element of a variety of factors.

 

+1

I understand the idea of security breach watch daily ...

Thanks for the support!

[Gennadii Rybalov]

I think if I were in this situation I would be looking for a student who speaks, reads and writes English well and has a strong desire to learn photography....and do a mutual trade....you teach the photographic skills in return for help in keywording.....

+1

Good idea, I will think how to implement ...

Thanks for the support!

[Doc]

Good luck Gennadii, dont give up!

 

Regards

 

Kumar

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Good luck Gennadii, dont give up!

 

Regards

 

Kumar

 

 

I think your photography standard is very high, and it would be a shame not to make sales because of poor keywording. Also the longer you leave it, the more your rank may be affected negatively.

 

The idea already suggested of finding someone who can translate for you is an excellent one, and if I was in your position I'd make that a priority. A suggestion may be to create a new pseudonym and as images are re-keyworded, move those to the new pseudonym as an easy way to keep track of where you've got to.

 

I think your location and photography skills put you in a unique and strong position on Alamy. Keywording is a pain in the neck even for those of us who speak English fluently, so I know it must be quite a barrier to you. Master keywording though and you'll do very well.

 

Good luck,

Geoff.

+1

Thanks for the support!

[giphotostock]

Call up eastnews.ru. They are a Polish (I think) agency that apparently has an office in Moscow and a Russian version of the website. They also distribute quite a few western agencies in Eastern Europe.

 

GI