Octavio Campos Salles Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Do I need to use hyphenation? For example, is ok to use just Red Necked Tanager or do I need to also put Red-necked Tanager? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Punctuation is ignored in search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavio Campos Salles Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Just now, spacecadet said: Punctuation is ignored in search. Great, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: Punctuation is ignored in search. For now. In the past it wasn't, then it was. Accents were ignored, then they weren't, then ignored again, then re-instated. You get my drift. I do not take anything for granted and tag with both. Gen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 16 hours ago, gvallee said: For now. In the past it wasn't, then it was. Accents were ignored, then they weren't, then ignored again, then re-instated. You get my drift. I do not take anything for granted and tag with both. Gen I think this is good advice.. just because the search engine does or doesn't work a certain way now doesn't mean that it will work the same way in 12 months time. So there's no harm in covering your bases and putting in all variations, with and without a hyphen (or other punctuation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I looked at one of my images in the image manager today and discovered quite a mess. I think it was keyworded under the old system and some words were put together with hyphens when they were meant to be phrases. I didn't want to get into redoing the whole thing because there were more than 50 tags and it was going to be a big job. I finally just deleted one that was in as KenyaAfrica. I'm sure I didn't put it that way. I'm wondering if I should go back and look at that whole submission. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I searched a German website the other day and found that the hyphenation tag was counter productive as they call it "minus". So, a hyphenated search might mean XXX minus YYY in Germany. Confused yet. Yes, I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 If you do it both ways, you're covered. If one country minuses, then there is the non-hyphenated one that covers. I do both. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 2 hours ago, NYCat said: I looked at one of my images in the image manager today and discovered quite a mess. I think it was keyworded under the old system and some words were put together with hyphens when they were meant to be phrases. I didn't want to get into redoing the whole thing because there were more than 50 tags and it was going to be a big job. I finally just deleted one that was in as KenyaAfrica. I'm sure I didn't put it that way. I'm wondering if I should go back and look at that whole submission. Paulette Yes, it is a huge pain. When I'm doing my legacy images and see what you're describing, I do fix those. First looking for and deleting duplicates. If there's still too many, I might delete a few plurals. Then combining necessary tags into phrases. You can do that in the add tag slot, but make sure the single tags you're getting ready to delete are inputted first and covered in a phrase in the tag box.. Delete the singles, then save. Little by little, get below 50 enough before adding the phrases in the tag box. If you don't save before adding the phrases, sometimes the system erroneously says you're over 50 when you're not, and you lose your phrases. If I'm adding three phrases, I like to delete enough singles to get to 46...giving myself a one tag cushion before adding the 3 phrases. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 In AIM, my search numbers are the same with or without hyphens, even for legacy tags including them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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