MircoV Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hello folks, Yesterday i wanted to show somebody how a certain Portugal moscatel wine bottle looks like. I wanted to recommend it to him since i allready drunk it. Off course i made a photo of it before the consuming. I used Google images to find a photo of the bottle and i foud my photo coming from Alamy. How important is Google images you think? Are there many buyers that go through Google to find a photo to license? Thanks allready. Mirco PS. Maybe a good topic for Alamy to explain in their Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I know that I have licensed images directly from my website as well as through FAA that buyers first found on google - only because when someone contacts me directly I always ask where they found the image. I believe that a large percentage of images found are found through google first which is why anything that lets your images rank high in a google search is helpful. I'm no expert so I'm sure Alamy can give you a more precise answer. As you have probably read in the newest topic started by Alamy regarding pseudonyms, one reason they are considering a change is that it will help with google searches, so it must be an important factor. Whenever google changes their search algorithm it affects how well sites perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 If I'm looking for anything on the internet be it an image or otherwise, and I don't know better, the first place I go is Google. So yes.. i think Google is important.. especially being as there are plenty of people in this world who don't even know that Alamy (or any other stock image website) exists. but yet might want an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 It is why I have felt for a long time that Alamy should buy in Google (Image) Search as their site search engine, Google offer that service.I am sure a lot more resource goes into Google Search than Alamy can afford to spend on their own. The behaviour and options would very be familiar to searchers. (and it seems to handle stemming etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Fagundes Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Of course Google is a major important part of anyone strategy today. For a long time I invested on Google+, posting there and gaining followers and linking to my portfolio. This helped my SEO and get more sales. Unfortunately seems like Google is slowing fading out Google+, but still it can helps increase your exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Humek Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I've started posting more on Google Plus, but you're right, it seems like G+ is going away or is irrelevant as I don't know how to even attract followers or get people to see my images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Don't be surprised to see your own images come up on the first page of a Google search - it happens a lot and I'm sure it's because Google knows who I am and thinks I'll want to see my own images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Humek Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 If you want to really see where your images on Google rank, log out of Google and then do a search. You will probably get different results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 If you want to really see where your images on Google rank, log out of Google and then do a search. You will probably get different results. Identical results here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 As you have probably read in the newest topic started by Alamy regarding pseudonyms, one reason they are considering a change is that it will help with google searches, so it must be an important factor. Whenever google changes their search algorithm it affects how well sites perform. I must have missed that topic, was it posted in the forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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