TonyF Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Re image: DA6GX8 Any advice on why this image was displayed to a customer who used the following search term: "black businessman uk" Keywords used: Yes - I used the keywords: businessman, UK Yes - I have use the keywords: "black and white" "black & white" b&w bw Question: how should I have key-worded this image to indicate that the image is "black & white", and not a black businessman. Thanks for any advice. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Not sure you can, the "quotes" have not been implemented yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Unfortunately none of the word grouping ideas have ever been implemented. Maybe move the words black and white into comprehensive keywords (if they are not there anyway). I wouldn't worry about a few false hits. Having "businessman" in your keywords alone for that picture will give you plenty of views from customers who are looking for something quite different anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Why would you have the word 'businessman' in an image of a young boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I think the idea is "young businessman" or "future businessman" - it's a good concept IMO but the majority would be looking for men in suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I think the idea is "young businessman" or "future businessman" - it's a good concept IMO but the majority would be looking for men in suits. Yeah you're probably right. Probably better to leave it out of the keywords and use it in the lower ranked caption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyF Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 JohnB Thanks for your comments. I will be more careful when Key-wording, and won't use the " " - any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagery by Charly Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I use the " " in many of my images. So were not supposed to? I'm confused, as Alamy states when we should use them. BTW Tony, I use [ ] around Black and White not " ", though not sure that is the correct thing to do since I'm new also. But I thought " " meant the exact use in search whereas [ ] would use the words kind of independently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Put them in in case it is implemented in future, then you won't have to do the job again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Sorry was going to reply but decided against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semmick Photo Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I use the " " in many of my images. So were not supposed to? I'm confused, as Alamy states when we should use them. BTW Tony, I use [ ] around Black and White not " ", though not sure that is the correct thing to do since I'm new also. But I thought " " meant the exact use in search whereas [ ] would use the words kind of independently.James said as much on MSG that those features are not working but may someday be. However this seems to be the case for many years now. They need to take that page down on Alamy where it explains their system works like that http://www.microstockgroup.com/alamy-com/do-you-want-to-ask-the-alamy-ceo-a-question/msg325652/#msg325652 the full set of additional annotation options are not live at the moment but it doesn't mean they never will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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