SFL Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I have been meaning to ask this for ages. According to Alamy's website, Essential Keywords: The most important words and phrases for the image. Although you have 50 characters, try to limit yourself to just 35 - about 6 to 8 words only. Can someone please tell me why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Hi SFL I dont really know why they would say limit the essential keywords to 35 characters. Doesnt seem to make a lot of sense to me. Kumar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I had actually never noticed that request. Makes no sense to me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I find 50 is often not quite enough so 35.... Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 They are trying to keep us all from spamming, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFL Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 I agree with everyone, I can't understand why, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciprocity Images Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Perhaps something to do with weighting of the individual keywords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Perhaps something to do with weighting of the individual keywords? You lost me there, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciprocity Images Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Perhaps something to do with weighting of the individual keywords? You lost me there, I'm afraid. Was just a guess, as I have exactly zero knowledge of how Alamy does it: But if there are say 3 Essential keywords, each would have a weight of .33 4 Essential Keywords, each would have a weight of .25 5 Essential Keywords, each would have a weight of only .20 and so on... Which would mean that an image with fewer essential keywords, those individual keywords would rank higher??? Pure conjecture, please disregard. -Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Perhaps something to do with weighting of the individual keywords? You lost me there, I'm afraid. Was just a guess, as I have exactly zero knowledge of how Alamy does it: But if there are say 3 Essential keywords, each would have a weight of .33 4 Essential Keywords, each would have a weight of .25 5 Essential Keywords, each would have a weight of only .20 and so on... Which would mean that an image with fewer essential keywords, those individual keywords would rank higher??? Pure conjecture, please disregard. -Jason Sounds like a decent theory to me. Perhaps Alamy can explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I don't think Alamy want us to know how the ranking system works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I feel really pleased if I manage to use exactly 50 characters in the essential keyword box! As Reciprocity says, its perhaps to do with weighting? John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM photo Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 They would have to be very short words. Eight words in 35 letters (plus spaces) works out at less than four letters per word. Even six words would be five-letter words. Doesn't seem to have been thought through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFL Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 So, nobody knows why…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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