Ed Rooney 3,628 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) I was just stumbling through a half-hearted search of subjects on All of Alamy, and I typed in "Chinatown New York." Anyway, up popped two search categories to choose from: Chinatown New York and Chinatown New York (horizontal). What? So my latest dumb question is: do I need to be putting 'horizontal' or 'vertical' in the keywords? I found 73 images of mine in "Chinatown New York" and zero in the search that adds "horizontal." Edited August 18, 2013 by Ed Rooney Link to post Share on other sites
wiskerke 3,294 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Just check how many times the words horizontal and vertical are being used in searches, and you have your answer. The same goes for all words we usually leave out. wim Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney 3,628 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Just check how many times the words horizontal and vertical are being used in searches, and you have your answer. The same goes for all words we usually leave out. wim But I'm asking what others do. ??? Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,141 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I started out doing that, then stopped when I realised there were choice options. But I do still add the words cutout and cut-out, which do get searched. Maybe I'll use the next rainy day to go through my collection and put them back. Link to post Share on other sites
Jason O Watson 1 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 For my Alamy keywording I use Keyword Perfect, which automatically determines if an image is horizontal or vertical and appropriately includes such status in the keywords. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Coombs 58 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Thats interesting Ed. I was just key wording some new pictures and wondering to myself, should I mark pictures as vertical or horizontal. I never have done in the past. Link to post Share on other sites
John Morrison 3,703 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Alamy's software 'reads' whether a pic is tall, wide or square... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
spacecadet 3,787 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That's right, check your searches and there will be results for [Land] and [Port] regardless of keywording. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,141 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Alamy's software 'reads' whether a pic is tall, wide or square... That's true, but that only works if the customer ticks the landscape / portrait box in the search options. If they use the terms in the keyword search instead, only images that have had those keywords added will come up. It's the same with cutouts - they are automatically recognised (mostly) by the system, but not if 'cutout' is used as a search term. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John Walker 271 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Horizontal gives 4,064,132 ResultsMost horizontal keyworded images are horizontal and the few vertical ones have 'horizontal' keyworded as it relates to the subject.(That's a lot of horizontals! My bad grammar I suspect)I've never added 'horizontal' or 'vertical' etc to keywords - perhaps I should start doing it.John Edited August 18, 2013 by John Walker Link to post Share on other sites
OneWay 41 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Hmmm...if I shoot some dancers performing Argentine tango, I'd have to key word "vertical expression horizontal desire." Dave Link to post Share on other sites
ReeRay 351 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 From day one with Alamy I've always added horizontal, vertical or square in the keywords. Not sure if they produce the goods but certainly can't be doing any harm. I previously also included portrait and landscape but this threw up far too many anomalies. Link to post Share on other sites
dov makabaw 129 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I've always added horizontal, vertical, portrait and landscape. Looks like this is not one of my better ideas. Good post Ed, thanks dov Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,141 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm not sure adding 'portrait' and 'landscape' is a good idea. Yes, they are frequently used in the business as synonyms for horizontal and vertical, but they do also have other meanings, which will be frequently used by searchers to find portraits and landscapes. (Most of my portraits are 'landscape' and many of my landscapes are 'portrait'). Link to post Share on other sites
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