Cryptoprocta Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, gvallee said: It makes sense, I agree. And then the possible downside is that in trying to be more diverse, people can expand into areas in which they have no experience, so their photos may be inferior to those of a specialist, yet be higher in the search, and (as so often seen) they might* caption/keyword wrongly their non-specialist subject/s, also a disservice to clients. Presumably an unintended consequence of the policy. *Not everyone, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyD Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 20 minutes ago, Cryptoprocta said: And then the possible downside is that in trying to be more diverse, people can expand into areas in which they have no experience, so their photos may be inferior to those of a specialist, yet be higher in the search, and (as so often seen) they might* caption/keyword wrongly their non-specialist subject/s, also a disservice to clients. Presumably an unintended consequence of the policy. *Not everyone, obviously. but the buyers will determine what is inferior....best photo wins regardless of experience, caption, keywording, etc. if they have the wrong keywording/caption or it shows up in the wrong search, the buyer won't select it. if it's inferior, the buy won't select it. both these will influence where the photos will show up in the rankings going forward, will they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 14 hours ago, MandyD said: but the buyers will determine what is inferior....best photo wins regardless of experience, caption, keywording, etc. if they have the wrong keywording/caption or it shows up in the wrong search, the buyer won't select it. if it's inferior, the buy won't select it. both these will influence where the photos will show up in the rankings going forward, will they not? Allegedly, but it's not always what I see, looking at where my own 'series' pics show, which often seems to bear little resemblance to how often they've been zoomed or sold. Even if it does work, it must take a very long time to have an effect - certainly well over five years for one particular series I keep a close eye on, which has a few files with multiple sales, some files with one sale and most with no sales, but search position seems very random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Only small value sales last month. 15 sales for total $364 gross. 2018 continues to under perform 2017 even though I have thousands more images on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Kelly Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Not a good month for me - 3 sales for $69 gross. Hoping for better this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Three for a couple of hundred (gross) Meh Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 One for $25 gross. Oh well, it's been worse... somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Disappointing month with 9 for $274 gross including three distributor sales. May looking bleak too, nothing to date...... Year looking pretty grim also comparing with 2017 overall down about 40% on sales volume and 14% on revenue on period to date. Encouraging to see others doing better, who knows what's around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Lewis Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Record setting month for me. I had 1,411 views, which is about average for me, 12 zooms which is very high for me, 6 sales which is record breaking for me, for a total of $354.43, again record breaking. I only have 849 images in my port currently so I'm quite pleased. I do understand this is quite unusual. I guess the stars just all lined up perfectly for me in April. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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