Phil Robinson Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 The news feed used to contain only news - it was monitored to check that everything on there was relevant. Not any more, it seems. How are these "live news"? https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020549%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{B4E9034F-5E87-4E1B-981A-2E6A7E4DC4CD}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482315881 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020369%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{2D4D25F5-10D0-4087-BA0D-F4B299130B51}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482335247 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020997%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{9117602C-4D57-4CE3-A533-B1A4B08BDD58}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482366595 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020668%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{37EAC0CA-C926-4FCC-A7F1-D899F5E9EAF4}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482390957 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23019833%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{9020D409-D8FE-4B3C-B278-A5E4031BF206}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482495581 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Hi Phil, Unfortunately the links you've provided are not loading for us. Please could you email them over to contributors@alamy.com and we can look into this for you. Thanks, Chantelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 (edited) Well amazingly they all seem to have been removed! Spooky. They were 'Cityscapes of Dresden', some ducks on a lake and other things that had no news value whatsoever. This has been happening a lot recently - 'tourists on a beach in Spain' and so on, as well as the same sets of images appearing three times as they came via different sources. I can still see, however - Italy: Burano a small island in the Venice lagoon, Burano, Italy. Very nice travel stock, but not news. And 'People Visit the National museum, Sanaa, Yemen', 'Shopping Online, Berlin, Deutschland', 'Salmon fishing off Shaldon beach, Devon, UK', 'Alzheimer's, dementia, fading memories, Berlin, Deutschland' I know most sales come from sets sent out to potential customers rather than them looking at the Live News feed, but it really doesn't give a very professional impression. Edited May 19 by Phil Robinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Twenty of strawberry harvesting in Kashmir, India. Not a specific festival. Three images of a bee flying toward a flower and drinking from it. Six images of the TikTok logo (um, what country last banned TicTok?). Fishermen hauling nets -- maybe weather shot, or filler. National Museum of Beirut, Lebanon, no special occasion mentioned. And this isn't all I wondered about on the first two pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 China: Crayfish Popular In Summer, Suqian, China 'Workers feed cows at a dairy farm' - if they didn't it might be news Rape blossom, Brandenburg Gophers in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia (x3) Village church Tarmow Valor do boi gordo, (cows) China: China Xinjiang Tour, Bazhou, China - a tourist enjoys themselves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 (edited) Just one day: Pasjaca Beach in Croatia The memorial complex of the shrine of Alexander Nevsky in the Concert Hall of the Sta... Ruble banknotes., Moscow, Russia Photo illustration in Brazil (mobile phone screen) World News (mobile phone screen - no news) Baby Jesus Lizard, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA The Pollinator Green Bee, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Empty tables in the outdoor gastronomy, Munich, Deutschland Marienplatz with Fischerbrunnen in Munich, Munich, Deutschland Workers unload chemical fertilizers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Daily life in Dhaka, Bangladesh Rail transport infrastructure, Berlin, Deutschland Cell phone mast, cell phone transmitter, cell phone antenna, Berlin, Deutschland Vodafone radio mast, cellphone mast, cellphone transmitter, cellphone antenna, Berlin... "410163379" ???? Photo illustration in Ukraine 2023-05-24T12:43:41+01:00 Vineyards on the Unstrut, Zscheiplitz, Germany CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-RIVER TERN "This undated photo shows a river tern flying in the Mekong flooded forest area in Cambodia. " British tourists on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain China: Power Coal Transportation, Lianyungang, China Dairy Cows Base, China Injured racehorse in rehab swim None of it news It seems the answer to my question is yes. Edited May 25 by Phil Robinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 26th: "46531074" "46531073" "Alamy Live News Images" Everyday Life in Izmir, Turkey - people are seen coming down the stairs A bird flies against the Dharahara tower in Kathmandu Gottleuba Valley Bridge, Pirna, Germany Montfort Castle in the morning light, Langenargen, Germany China: Yangshuo Scenery, Guilin, China China: China Manufacturing Industry, Nantong, ChinaBenches Stadium Baseball This is embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted Monday at 21:34 Author Share Posted Monday at 21:34 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23116378%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{9150A94B-7F89-4344-B5F0-2AD1BCE1ABD0}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1686000834065 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP Essex Posted Tuesday at 07:17 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:17 On 26/05/2023 at 21:31, Phil Robinson said: This is embarrassing Totally. And there's more.https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23117790%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{727F3AA1-46DD-4881-B219-AD6E011FAD68}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{B2492996-8535-4339-99B6-CDC856F2FBAF}%26rand%3D1686035231201 27 images of a Germany pharmacy, many of them poor quality over 9 entries of "news", these are via DPA I had some decent news sales in the past, I still post some soft news items when the opportunity presents itself. And sometimes they sell. But this sort of thing will surely just make serious news outlets less likely to bother with looking in the first place? "Nah we don't bother with Alamy News anymore, it's just photos of pharmacies and people shopping"... I remember how hard it was to sell news photos in the 1990's, I lived in London & the tedious phoning contacts on picture desks, taking photos in, waiting for the lab, rushing hopefully to the newsagents the next morning. Now I can do it out of a backpack anywhere in the world. But the problem with that is so can the person who has a mate with a pharmacy in Germany... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted Tuesday at 07:23 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 07:23 Not to mention these, which seem to appear most dayshttps://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23117237%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{79C303D1-92DE-4B93-8705-8554E743CA2E}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1686036109223 It would be good if Alamy could officially notify us what the new guidelines are for submitting to the Live News Feed, as they have clearly changed radically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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