NYCat Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Does Search work exactly as before now that the keywords are all visible? I have done repetitions on purpose sometimes so that words would appear together but now some are "orphaned" under the new system in which repetitions are eliminated. Is there a reason you have chosen to have the words from the Comprehensive Field appear first? Should we be changing what we are doing when we keyword? Just want to know how to proceed. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Paulette,this is the worrying thing about the new changes (despite much teeth-gnashing about other stuff): repeated keywords are removed. if, as Alamy clearly states, word order is important for determining search results, the removal of repeated words, where those repeated words were part of common phrases associated with an image, will have a negative impact on those image's performance in searches. As you point out, you will also have "orphaned" keywords which in the absence of an associated (but now removed) word may be totally meaningless. dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 . . . and if the order of keywords is going to remain important for search results, I hope Alamy ignore the calls from some to alphabeticise them. dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I don't think it's supposed to affect search, just what is displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Duplicated words are still there, just not displayed - you don't need to change anything in the way you keyword images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Phew!! dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Very good. Still wondering why the Comprehensive field is shown first but doesn't matter I suppose. I am confused this AM as to why someone searching for Baby Pack&Go turned up some of my baby polar bears on pack ice. Maybe the & becomes invisible??? One of those oddities in searches. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 An, to, a, on and quite a few others are ignored. Presumably ampersand is as are all single characters. Nothing to be done until quotes or brackets are recognised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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