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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:18 pm
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Hi guys,
Lately I am in a bit of a pickle with keywording and using US or UK spelling.
Words like colour, colourful colours in the UK are spelled color, colorful and colors in US.
Digitise, organise in the UK, digitize, organize in the US.
etc etc.
Normally you only have 50 keywords and if you need to get all spelling covered, thats not enough for some photos.
What language would have the most hits? And also, if I spell for example colour, would I miss out on people searching for color? |
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
Posts: 26285
Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:27 pm
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| semmickphoto wrote: | Hi guys,
Lately I am in a bit of a pickle with keywording and using US or UK spelling.
Words like colour, colourful colours in the UK are spelled color, colorful and colors in US.
Digitise, organise in the UK, digitize, organize in the US.
etc etc.
Normally you only have 50 keywords and if you need to get all spelling covered, thats not enough for some photos.
What language would have the most hits? And also, if I spell for example colour, would I miss out on people searching for color? |
I and some others already talked about this last year i believe and we agree using both color and colour are best.
And since then i have used both as have others. |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:35 pm
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Ok, I need to start key wording as such then.
Its going to be a pain, to delete and reload photos to get the key wording right. I wish I had done the key wording better from the start. |
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
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Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:40 pm
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| semmickphoto wrote: | Ok, I need to start key wording as such then.
Its going to be a pain, to delete and reload photos to get the key wording right. I wish I had done the key wording better from the start. |
You don't "delete and reload photos" you just go in and edit the keywords. |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:41 pm
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| ruxpriencdiam wrote: | | semmickphoto wrote: | Ok, I need to start key wording as such then.
Its going to be a pain, to delete and reload photos to get the key wording right. I wish I had done the key wording better from the start. |
You don't "delete and reload photos" you just go in and edit the keywords. |
You cant on accepted photos. Only certain sites offer that without resubmission. |
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
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Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:45 pm
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| semmickphoto wrote: | | ruxpriencdiam wrote: | | semmickphoto wrote: | Ok, I need to start key wording as such then.
Its going to be a pain, to delete and reload photos to get the key wording right. I wish I had done the key wording better from the start. |
You don't "delete and reload photos" you just go in and edit the keywords. |
You cant on accepted photos. Only certain sites offer that without resubmission. |
On here (SS) you can and it has been like that forever. |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:53 pm
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You are correct, I had mistaken it with requeuing.
Can I change keywords after I upload a photo?
Yes. Simply go to your list of approved or pending photos and click on the pencil icon. Any modifications to the description, categories or keywords will result in the re-queuing of your photo for approval. |
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Mike Price
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Location: South Wales
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:32 pm
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Yes Ron just add the keywords after approval.
Mike |
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greenfield54
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
Posts: 2617
Location: Philippines
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:13 pm
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| semmickphoto wrote: | | ruxpriencdiam wrote: | | semmickphoto wrote: | Ok, I need to start key wording as such then.
Its going to be a pain, to delete and reload photos to get the key wording right. I wish I had done the key wording better from the start. |
You don't "delete and reload photos" you just go in and edit the keywords. |
You cant on accepted photos. Only certain sites offer that without resubmission. |
You must be talking about FT. SS allows editing. |
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jeffbanke
Joined: 18 Dec 2005
Posts: 17468
Location: www.xlr8photo.com, The real California
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:00 am
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| semmickphoto wrote: | Ok, I need to start key wording as such then.
Its going to be a pain, to delete and reload photos to get the key wording right. I wish I had done the key wording better from the start. |
Don't we all :-) |
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rinder99
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Contact www.rinderart.com/Books and Workshops www.rindersmithphotography.com Youtube/rinder
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:06 am
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Yes. i redo my keywords on a monthly basis.part of the job. |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:12 am
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@ Jeff & Laurin,
That makes me feel a little better :)
And I do accept its part of the job. |
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jmci
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 2384
Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:10 am
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| semmickphoto wrote: | You are correct, I had mistaken it with requeuing.
Can I change keywords after I upload a photo?
Yes. Simply go to your list of approved or pending photos and click on the pencil icon. Any modifications to the description, categories or keywords will result in the re-queuing of your photo for approval. |
In spite of what it says there, I've never known changing keywords to result in an image going back through the approval process. The changes just might take a little while to appear, depending on how quickly the server updates. |
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digigandalf
Joined: 11 Jun 2005
Posts: 5418
Location: Twinsburg, OH
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:16 am
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Unless things have changed, I remember reading in their instructions way back that you don't need all the variants of a word. Singular or plural, not both. No need to and -ing to verbs or any tenses. Their search engine supposedly brings up the variants of any keyword entered. I've even had keywords dropped by their system on submsission for being redundant. |
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digigandalf
Joined: 11 Jun 2005
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Location: Twinsburg, OH
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:18 am
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Just did a test search using "color" vs. "colour" and got exactly the same results. |
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