David Olsen Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Those view and zoom numbers are amazing. You really have the Alamy market figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Zooms at the lowest hat I can recall for 3 years. Currently standing at 19, from memory the lowest last year was 24. Doesn't bode well for future sales. So many photos to choose from, hordes of imported agency images etc, survival of the fittest I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broad Norfolk Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Zooms stand at 15 for me for month to date so far. This is about my average if not slightly above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Bunce Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Not only have my zooms gone into decline my total views are half of what they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Sales are slow this month, as statistically expected, but zooms seem on track: Jan 2018: 72 Jan 2019: 52 so far Gen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 January 2018: views 7016, zooms 58 January 2019: views 5845, zooms 61 Views down a bit, but no statistically significant variations as far as I can tell Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Bryan said: Zooms at the lowest hat I can recall for 3 years. Currently standing at 19, from memory the lowest last year was 24. Doesn't bode well for future sales. So many photos to choose from, hordes of imported agency images etc, survival of the fittest I guess. Yes, managing to tread water is the big challenge now, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I could care less about the number of zooms I get - sales is all I'm bothered about. My zooms have always been low, but I'm happy enough with my sales numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I had five new zooms show up today, so perhaps the January dough is starting to rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marb Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Mine are so low you have to be a professional limbo dancer the get under them. And to see these poor stats, you have to wade through captchas every time. Why oh why do we get these everytime we enter our account and then once again for the forum ? totally unnecessary WE WANT A KEEP SIGNED IN FACILITY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 As said by others zooms are not relevant for statistics. Alamy has not benefits explaining how they works and which customers are going to use it so Alamy will never tell the algo to us. Simply don't take care to this waving behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Another day of zero zooms from 650 views. My concern is that this points to even worse sales 3 months later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsphinx Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 42 minutes ago, KODAKovic said: As said by others zooms are not relevant for statistics. Alamy has not benefits explaining how they works and which customers are going to use it so Alamy will never tell the algo to us. Simply don't take care to this waving behaviour But others say zooms are relevant for creating the CTR which is relevant for where abouts our pictures appear in search results. No zooms means zero CTR means images fall to bottom of searches means no sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Starsphinx said: But others say zooms are relevant for creating the CTR which is relevant for where abouts our pictures appear in search results. No zooms means zero CTR means images fall to bottom of searches means no sales Zooms is just ONE param of CTR (and it's NOT well explained or crystal clear how they both affect sales). Alamy says "just improve your keywording and keep uploading" .. that's all .... so don't care of the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 23 minutes ago, KODAKovic said: Zooms is just ONE param of CTR You are getting confused. You mean CTR is one element of ranking. CTR stands for Click Through Rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanDavidson Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 23 hours ago, Colblimp said: I could care less about the number of zooms I get - sales is all I'm bothered about. My zooms have always been low, but I'm happy enough with my sales numbers. It is sales that are the final arbiter. I am 99% a live news shooter so I do not expect lots of zooms. With millions of photos on Alamy and, it would appear, a frequently changing algorithm, it is almost impossible to separate the noise (randomness in some people’s definition) and signal to carry out meaningful analysis. Alamy is right, keep taking quality pictures that the customer wants, and accurately keyword. There is no secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, gvallee said: CTR stands for Click Through Rate. Exactly... more zooms increase CTR, so zooms can be considered a "parameter" affecting CTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 23 minutes ago, KODAKovic said: Exactly... more zooms increase CTR, so zooms can be considered a "parameter" affecting CTR CTR is a straight mathematical calculation. 2 views 1 zoom = 50% CTR 1 view 1 zoom = 100% CTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 hour ago, KODAKovic said: Zooms is just ONE param of CTR (and it's NOT well explained or crystal clear how they both affect sales). Alamy says "just improve your keywording and keep uploading" .. that's all .... so don't care of the rest. Views divided by zooms = CTR CTR Plus other unknown factors = ranking Best not to confuse the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Starsphinx said: No zooms means zero CTR means images fall to bottom of searches means no sales btw i had my highest $$$ sale last year with the worst CTR ever..... 'cause i had too many views. So i simply suggest don't care about zooms falling down, sales depend on too many factors to control just one aspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Sally said: Views divided by zooms = CTR CTR Plus other unknown factors = ranking Best not to confuse the two. nearly . . . Zooms divided by Views (x 100) = CTR. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 As someone already pointed out, zooms are "interactions" of just specific buyers so increase/decrease of zooms absolutely says NOTHING about a certain ph portfolio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Red arrow for what exctly? 1 hour ago, KODAKovic said: Exactly... more zooms increase CTR, so zooms can be considered a "parameter" affecting CTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, dustydingo said: nearly . . . Zooms divided by Views (x 100) = CTR. DD Ah yes, best to be precise, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, Sally said: Ah yes, best to be precise, too Indeed. If it was as you said "views divided by zooms" we'd all have a very, very, VERY healthy CTR. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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