Sally Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Doing a Google search for one of my photos which sold recently I came across this, in which it is incorrectly attributed to someone else. Any idea why Google is doing that? https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/f29fb7dd130f4de6921bc3572c6dac7c/detail-of-the-east-gate-steel-rhododendron-flowers-at-the-royal-botanic-hypeh9.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/alan-dawson.html&h=447&w=640&tbnid=yCdxdQjQNPCEcM&tbnh=188&tbnw=269&usg=__g-vtiby5yoQEg2b10tFrgEvAaiE=&docid=rFuk-9GwGtrCyM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Because 'Alan Dawson' is one of your keyword tags... alan dawson, art, artwork, benjamin tindall, blacksmith work, blurred background, blurry background, botanical, close up, detail, east gate, edinburgh, flower, garden, garden design, gardens, gate, horticulture, inverleith, leaf, leaves, metal, petal, petals, plant, rbg, reflection, rhododendron, rhododendron calophytum flowers, rhododendron flowers, royal botanic gardens, scotland, sculpture, shining, shiny, steel, structure, sunligjht, uk, united kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 It's not being attributed to anyone else. It's just appearing in a Google search because Alamy generates search result pages for various search terms which Google can find easily. Even if it didn't, Google could find the image on its own sales page, here: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-detail-of-the-east-gate-steel-rhododendron-flowers-at-the-royal-botanic-137562693.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=F29FB7DD-130F-4DE6-921B-C3572C6DAC7C&p=373051&n=0&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3Dbar%26st%3D0%26sortby%3D2%26qt%3Dhypeh9%26qt_raw%3Dhypeh9%26qn%3D%26lic%3D3%26mr%3D0%26pr%3D0%26aoa%3D1%26creative%3D%26videos%3D%26nu%3D%26ccc%3D%26bespoke%3D%26apalib%3D%26ag%3D0%26hc%3D0%26et%3D0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3D0%26loc%3D0%26ot%3D0%26imgt%3D0%26dtfr%3D%26dtto%3D%26size%3D0xFF%26blackwhite%3D%26cutout%3D%26archive%3D1%26name%3D%26groupid%3D%26pseudoid%3D30075%26userid%3D%26id%3D%26a%3D%26xstx%3D0%26cbstore%3D1%26resultview%3DsortbyPopular%26lightbox%3D%26gname%3D%26gtype%3D%26apalic%3D%26tbar%3D1%26pc%3D%26simid%3D%26cap%3D1%26customgeoip%3DGB%26vd%3D1%26cid%3D%26pe%3D%26so%3D%26lb%3D%26fi%3D0%26langcode%3Den%26saveQry%3D%26editorial%3D1%26t%3D0%26edoptin%3D because the keywords are shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 29 minutes ago, RedSnapper said: Because 'Alan Dawson' is one of your keyword tags... alan dawson, art, artwork, benjamin tindall, blacksmith work, blurred background, blurry background, botanical, close up, detail, east gate, edinburgh, flower, garden, garden design, gardens, gate, horticulture, inverleith, leaf, leaves, metal, petal, petals, plant, rbg, reflection, rhododendron, rhododendron calophytum flowers, rhododendron flowers, royal botanic gardens, scotland, sculpture, shining, shiny, steel, structure, sunligjht, uk, united kingdom Doh! Ok my silly error! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I suppose we should be pleased that Alamy is promoting our images in this way. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 13 hours ago, Sally said: Doh! Ok my silly error! Maybe the next time you decide to "borrow" someone's keywords you should take a moment to edit out their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 5 hours ago, fotoDogue said: Maybe the next time you decide to "borrow" someone's keywords you should take a moment to edit out their name. How do we know that has happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 54 minutes ago, spacecadet said: How do we know that has happened? Can you suggest some other way another contributor's name would find it's way into the keywords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 29 minutes ago, fotoDogue said: Can you suggest some other way another contributor's name would find it's way into the keywords? There's a sculptor called Alan Dawson, so maybe he produced the sculpture in the photo? This would make the keywords legit. Not sure if Alan Dawson, the photographer on Alamy, is also a sculptor? There's an Alan Dawson that plays cricket too.... Multi-talented OP - If Alan Dawson is the sculptor of that artwork in your photo it would be wise to put that into the caption too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 8 hours ago, fotoDogue said: Maybe the next time you decide to "borrow" someone's keywords you should take a moment to edit out their name. I have not borrowed someone else's keywords! I resent the accusation in fact as I spend enormous amounts of time keywording. The name of the sculptor of the gate is Alan Dawson. However there is also a photographer called Alan Dawson which is why I was misled about the attribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Sally said: The name of the sculptor of the gate is Alan Dawson. I would have added the artist's name to the caption, since it was a detail photo of his work that we are talking about. (As a general rule, best to name check any other 'creator' - designer / painter / architect in the full caption of these sort of images..) "Detail of the East Gate steel Rhododendron flowers, by sculptor Alan Dawson, at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland UK" km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 3 hours ago, M.Chapman said: ... Not sure if Alan Dawson, the photographer on Alamy, is also a sculptor? There's an Alan Dawson that plays cricket too.... Multi-talented Being Alan Dawson the photographer, i can confirm that his sculpting skills are zero and his cricketing skills not much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 It seemed odd that someone who spends an enormous amount of time keywording their photos would not associate their own keywords with a a particular photo. However, if I jumped to the wrong conclusion then I apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 1 hour ago, fotoDogue said: It seemed odd that someone who spends an enormous amount of time keywording their photos would not associate their own keywords with a a particular photo. However, if I jumped to the wrong conclusion then I apologize. Apology accepted. I'm afraid that I can't remember every keyword I have put in for the 1,300 odd photos I have uploaded. If you can then your memory is working better than mine. i think this thread has probably reached its conclusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 2 hours ago, fotoDogue said: However, if I jumped to the wrong conclusion then I apologize. Yes, you did. No 'if' about it.... All the keywords are relevant to the image, and not 'lifted' from anyone else's photograph She simply had the artist's name, Alan Dawson, as a tag, which by co-incidence is the name of another Alamy contributor km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 4 hours ago, RedSnapper said: Yes, you did. No 'if' about it.... All the keywords are relevant to the image, and not 'lifted' from anyone else's photograph She simply had the artist's name, Alan Dawson, as a tag, which by co-incidence is the name of another Alamy contributor km I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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