Zigzagmtart Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So I noticed that on the current 30 day rolling report almost half of my views came from one set of search terms. 21 different search sessions but all with similar enough terms to pull mostly the same set of images. 900 views of which 460 came from this set of search terms. My CTR is now .33 and without this group of searches obviously would have been much higher. Keywording is correct by the way, I've checked all of the images against the search terms and I think they are accurate, this isn't bringing up images that it should not. So I'm wondering does this mean my images are really that bad? And since it seems this has had a negative impact on CTR should I consider deleting them? Just curious what folks think. The search terms were all some variation on "Panama Canal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Really difficult to say! Results from 'All of Alamy' for the last 30 days include the following searches: aerial panama canal Ancon panama canal historic panama canal construction PANAMA CANAL panama canal boat panama canal boat locks panama canal bridge panama canal cent* bridge panama canal centenario bridge panama canal centennial bridge panama canal construction panama canal digging Panama Canal Holland America Line panama canal lock panama canal lock doors panama canal locks Panama Canal Museum panama canal ship panama canal workers digging Roosevelt Panama canal cartoon ship entering panama canal ship exiting panama canal SS Ancon panama canal Theodore Roosevelt panama canal So is the client looking for what you have? At first glance there seems nothing wrong with your canal images. Some of those searches are perhaps for historical purposes (construction, digging, SS Ancon, etc.). You will have more details: how many others (if any) were zoomed? How much competition did you have for each search term? How did the other images differ from yours? Anyhow, just 'cos they didn't get zoomed doesn't mean they won't get sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Anyhow, just 'cos they didn't get zoomed doesn't mean they won't get sold! Indeed, many of my sales were not preceded by a zoom, while I have had several zooms on particular images by their Alamy codes and they have not as yet resulted in a sale. I tend to look down the views and zooms columns and if there is less than 100 views and no zooms feel that I may be in with a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Really difficult to say! Results from 'All of Alamy' for the last 30 days include the following searches: aerial panama canal Ancon panama canal historic panama canal construction PANAMA CANAL panama canal boat panama canal boat locks panama canal bridge panama canal cent* bridge panama canal centenario bridge panama canal centennial bridge panama canal construction panama canal digging Panama Canal Holland America Line panama canal lock panama canal lock doors panama canal locks Panama Canal Museum panama canal ship panama canal workers digging Roosevelt Panama canal cartoon ship entering panama canal ship exiting panama canal SS Ancon panama canal Theodore Roosevelt panama canal So is the client looking for what you have? At first glance there seems nothing wrong with your canal images. Some of those searches are perhaps for historical purposes (construction, digging, SS Ancon, etc.). You will have more details: how many others (if any) were zoomed? How much competition did you have for each search term? How did the other images differ from yours? Anyhow, just 'cos they didn't get zoomed doesn't mean they won't get sold! I had one Panama Canal related zoom recently, probably from the same client that you mentioned. It will be interesting to see if it results in a sale. Lately I've been noticing that more of my zoomed images have ended up selling. However, I still get a substantial number of sales from images that were never zoomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigzagmtart Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks everyone, I had never seen a month where 50% of my views all came from the same search terms. Guess I will not worry and just hope for a sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizair Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I've had a look recently and very few of my sales have been preceded by a zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov makabaw Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It is very frustrating when this happens but hopefully it will result in sales. The time to get concerned is when you get no views!! Good luck. dov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It is possible for clients to download images to buy without ever zooming so don't delete just on the basis of these results. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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