RedSnapper Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Just tipped over the $350,000 gross income this morning tidy km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Well done, but "discoverability"? What's that? I don't have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 That's part of the new search engine wherein "discoverability" is a feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Well done, but "discoverability"? What's that? I don't have it. I don't have it either. Maybe it's the new Alamy Image Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I would be very interested to know how you can automate the assessment of discoverability. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 It's all been announced before...back on Nov 23 last year....From the Alamy blog http://www.alamy.com/blog/introducing-the-new-alamy-image-manager " A ‘discoverability’ score for each image As you enter details for your images a status bar will show you the overall discoverability of that image (or those images) based on the amount of data you enter. The discoverability bar gives you an indication of how discoverable (visible) your images are within the search results seen by customers. The discoverability bar does not indicate a specific ‘rank’, but will increase as you add more information to your selected images. If the discoverability bar is fully green and shows ‘Optimized’ then there is no more information you can add to improve it. It’s not necessary to optimize every image. The discoverability bar is not in any way ‘reading’ or ‘scoring’ the quality of your metadata, it simply increases with the volume of searchable information you enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Impressive achievement there Keith. I'm nowhere near your sums but what's interesting is my average of $58 exactly matches yours. There's hope yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Impressive achievement there Keith. I'm nowhere near your sums but what's interesting is my average of $58 exactly matches yours. There's hope yet! I just checked mine and it's $71. Now I'm really hopeful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 You're gonna need a bigger mortgage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeCee Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Fine achievement Keith, keep on keeping on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Yes. But if they search on "new york city" in quotes you will figure higher. Ditto if they search without quotes, but not so high. As I understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Congrats Keith on such an achievement. Not to derail, but I am assuming (always a danger) that once the tags come about,tags with "new york" will superceed tags with "new york city". Currently I am adding "toronto ontario canada" "toronto ontario" and then each word individually. Means a lot of extra tags but covers the bases. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Yes. But if they search on "new york city" in quotes you will figure higher. Ditto if they search without quotes, but not so high. As I understand it. Are you sure??? Do I understand correctly that you are saying that if I have "New York City" in quotes, and let's say no other keyword, if someone searches for New York without quotes my image will turn up? (Not discussing how high or low it will land on the page) How can we be sure of that? I guess I could just keyword something like that and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Yes. But if they search on "new york city" in quotes you will figure higher. Ditto if they search without quotes, but not so high. As I understand it. Are you sure??? Do I understand correctly that you are saying that if I have "New York City" in quotes, and let's say no other keyword, if someone searches for New York without quotes my image will turn up? (Not discussing how high or low it will land on the page) How can we be sure of that? I guess I could just keyword something like that and see. I've tested something very like that with some new images today. I'm pretty sure, but do try it. A keyphrase (new word?) in quotes will get the image higher in searches, but the component words willl still figure in the search individually. Only a search with quotes excludes component words. That's definitely right because Keith said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hmm. It's hard for me to do an effective test, because at the moment I have: New York City "new york city" and NYC in my cap or keywords. My test? New York City 1,056,132 "new york city" 941,168 New York 2,623,238 NYC 380,311 My rank is good on all searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Well done Keith. A lot of hard work so you deserve it. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Congrats Keith on such an achievement. Not to derail, but I am assuming (always a danger) that once the tags come about,tags with "new york" will superceed tags with "new york city". Currently I am adding "toronto ontario canada" "toronto ontario" and then each word individually. Means a lot of extra tags but covers the bases. Jill Congrats, km. You definitely earned it. Jill, can't you just use commas instead of quotation marks? e.g. ...,toronto ontario canada,toronto,ontario,canada,... What is the advantage of using quotes now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 e.g. ...,toronto ontario canada,toronto,ontario,canada,... What is the advantage of using quotes now? Probably none. I was just commenting on what happens to "legacy" quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? Congrats Keith on such an achievement. Not to derail, but I am assuming (always a danger) that once the tags come about,tags with "new york" will superceed tags with "new york city". Currently I am adding "toronto ontario canada" "toronto ontario" and then each word individually. Means a lot of extra tags but covers the bases. Jill Congrats, km. You definitely earned it. Jill, can't you just use commas instead of quotation marks? e.g. ...,toronto ontario canada,toronto,ontario,canada,... What is the advantage of using quotes now? I don't use quotes, just did that to separate in the post. Just using the commas. Probably should have mentioned that. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 You're gonna need a bigger mortgage! ha.... or maybe that new Fuji medium format camera.... km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? yes..... well, the image will be searchable, whether it actually gets viewed or not is another matter km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Impressive achievement there Keith. I'm nowhere near your sums but what's interesting is my average of $58 exactly matches yours. There's hope yet! Likewise, my totals are not quite in the same league but, the average amount,...... $59.47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 KM, congratulations on your new sales number. I'm wondering about something James Allsworth said in that blog post. If I use the supertag "new york city" will I get a view when buyers are searching with just New York? 1,057,989 search results for New York City. I guess it depends on your rank and how far buyers are willing to wade through images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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