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The Do Nots of Successful Keywords
posted by ellenboughn - 13th of march, 2007
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Over the next week or so, I'll continue a short course in keywording the Dreamstime way. I can't promise that our guide will take all the tedium out of the job but if you follow it, the time you spend in adding data to your... More... 
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The I Hate to Keyword Guide to Keywording (part II)
posted by ellenboughn - 26th of march, 2007
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Correct Image Name, Description, Categories and Age of Models.
Dreamstime offers a variety of methods to identify the important information in an image. The system provides variety and choice... More...
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Keywords that Work (Part III)
posted by ellenboughn - 4th of april, 2007
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Keywording is both a science and an art. No matter what you call it, it can be the best cure for insomnia available outside of a bottle of sleeping pills. But without relevant keywords, images will be lost in remote territories... More...
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Keywords, what a nuisance!
posted by tangie - 20th of september, 2007
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It is time to look deeply into our hearts and admit the truth: we have not done our homework properly. Honesty is the best policy and we need to be honest with ourselves when it comes to something some of us tend to overlook when uploading... More...
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Common mistakes when keywording
posted by tangie - 9th of january, 2008
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I will continue with providing tips and examples from my hands-on experience with your images. Beware, here I come, I have my grades prepared and they rank from one to ten. I will proceed as announced also adding other experiences... More...
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Oops! Keywording Mistakes to Avoid
posted by ellenboughn - 18th of november, 2008
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Time for a reminder of the most common keywording mistakes to avoid. Pay attention to the list below so that your images aren't overlooked in a search due to poor keywords. Incorrect keywords can lead to frustrated buyers that hurts... More...
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Flagging insights
posted by tangie - 21st of november, 2008
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Say flag and everyone will jump: where, why, when, how?
Ever since we put up the flagging system, people have used it continuously - needless to say there are some tens of thousand of flags at this point. A lot of work for us and... More...
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A rose by any other name would not sell as sweet
posted by tangie - 28th of april, 2009
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As stated in my previous articles, a crucial stage in thinking up your uploads is to step in your buyer's shoes: what do buyers need and what are they searching for? Or, most importantly, how do they search for our files? I have seen... More...
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Keywording Tip
posted by kenneystudios - 25th of august, 2007
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Have you ever been writing keywords for an image and got stuck? Here is a tip that works wonders for me when I have Keyworder's Block.
Take a good look at your image. What is it? Now, plug your first thoughts into the search engine... More...
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Importance of IPTC.
posted by sebcz - 20th of september, 2007
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Up til now I described my photos only when they had been uploaded on DT. You know, categories, keywords, etc. I have never used that File Info dialog box in Photoshop. Until I discovered how useful that is:
1. When you upload... More...
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Girl with Shopping Bag
posted by 36clicks - 4th of february, 2008
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Dreamstime definitely inches forward towards greatness with the keyword feedback they provide to their contributers on the sales page.
I find this newly available information extremely useful, as it helps me analyse the effectiveness... More...
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Keywording Service
posted by charlesoutcalt - 11th of february, 2008
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Taking a tip from another Dreamstimer (thanks, KenneyStudios!), I submitted a few images for full keywording. I was a little skeptical at first, thinking 'How could they know my photos better than I do?'
Well, I am officially... More...
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Suggesting Keywords
posted by djk - 11th of april, 2008
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Want to earn extra cash? Try suggesting keywords for existing photos on Dreamstime. But wait, the pay out is $0.02 per accepted image suggestions!! Not much of an incentive.
But there are other reasons that may make it worthwhile.... More...
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Keywords Copying - Is It A Crime?
posted by maigi - 27th of may, 2008
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I have to start with an observation about complaints what occur occasionally on stock photography sites: "Somebody stoled my keywords - please, stop it!", "How can I prevent others from copying my keywords?", "Keywords copied - is it... More...
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Keyword inspiration
posted by lorna - 5th of june, 2008
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Stuck for keywords!?
No one sees my great image
You may know the feelling, great picture but no one seems to view it thus no sales.
The image is great but maybe the keywords are not, or maybe the image and the keywords are... More...
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Understanding search engine visibility
posted by alexhor - 22nd of may, 2009
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Recently I spent some time to do a descent research to improve my (today's and future) image visibility. DT web site is very well optimized for search engines (SEO). This means that whatever we do with our image title, description and... More...
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Crazy for Keywords
posted by dentedmedia - 13th of august, 2009
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As a fairly new user of dreamstime, but a long-time user of stock photography, I wanted to offer some small feedback on keywords. A lack of certain basic keywords can be a huge hindrance to a designer looking for very specific images.... More...
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Some thoughts about plagiarizm in photography
posted by julia161 - 22nd of january, 2010
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Hi, today I got a very interesting response on my blog . Here it is:
"There is always two sides to a coin.Copying keywords , like copying someone's idea , can come back to bite you in the rear end.Consider this. The same keywords... More...
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Keywords - Are You Missing the Obvious?
posted by petarneychev - 26th of january, 2010
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Alright, that's a topic you may be getting sick of. It's certainly one of the least fun aspects of selling microstock photos as well (only topped by the waiting for sales), but in spite of all this (or perhaps because of all this)... More...
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3 in 1...
posted by mani33 - 2nd of february, 2010
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Hello everybody...
I got an idea that could be helpful for 3 parts:
Newbies to sell faster
DT our agency to have more revenue so they could make the great work greater
We contributors to gain a symbolic value and who knows maybe... More...
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