Ed Endicott Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Curious if anyone else seems to be seeing a huge change in zooms? I'm wondering if there's a bug with the system given the changes going on behind the scenes? What really raised my eyebrow was a specific search by image number...and no zoom reported.... ...and my zooms have just absolutely tanked in an unusual manner last month and this month so far.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Ed, Could it be to place it in a lightbox? Where do you get that nice zoom graph? I must have missed something there. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Endicott Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Wim, from the My Alamy Page - Click on 'Alamy Measures' Click on 'Your Images>' Select the date range (I usually select Friday through Sunday on Mondays, or 'Yesterday' on other days of the week) and click on the 'Go' button This will display the first screen shot above that tells you what has been searched that you were involved in and what was zoomed. Keep in mind it can be frustrating because, in the case of the search term 'Denver, Colorado' in my chart above, only one image was returned (the only image with those keywords in the 'Creative' tab despite having MANY images of Denver, Colorado in the collection). Here's the thing that I don't understand....you can't put that image into a lightbox with clicking on the image (zooming) after doing the search. The option to place into lightbox is underneath the image so how can putting an image into a lightbox not result in a zoom? .....this is similar to the question I mentioned in another thread a couple of weeks ago, I'm wondering if images classified under the 'Creative' tab are getting zooms recorded and editorial images are not? That was the basis for my post a couple of weeks ago. It feels like something is amiss - maybe it's a new "feature" or maybe it's just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I often find that they search on image number but don't bother to zoom. I don't think that indicates a problem but I'm not saying there isn't one. If you search an image number you can add it to lightbox when you mouse over it, you don't have to zoom. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NielsVK Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I get searches by image ref without a zoom all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Endicott Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 I often find that they search on image number but don't bother to zoom. I don't think that indicates a problem but I'm not saying there isn't one. If you search an image number you can add it to lightbox when you mouse over it, you don't have to zoom. Pearl Thanks Pearl - I hadn't noticed that functionality before. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaffen Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yes, I'm not getting any!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yes, that zoom graph can make alarming shapes, especially towards the first of the month. I mostly regard it as a bit of fun, but get slightly alarmed if my CTR doesn't rally to something above the Alamy Average after a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I've got 29 zooms reported but when i count up the images with the blue box around them i've got 30 of those! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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