Permalink14 December 2007 at 16:08 by Pippa Greig
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We've made the decision to stop making contributor references searchable on the website (these are the references that we create from your image filenames, by moving the file extensions. e.g. .tif or .jpeg). This change will be reflected when our search engine next updates. Your references will however continue to be searchable in the "Manage Images" part of your account, to allow you to search for and edit your images as usual.
The reason we've decided to make this change is as a result of the AlamyMeasures feedback we're receiving. Allowing contributor references to be searchable means that images are sometimes returned on customers' searches where they are not what the customer is looking for. As an example, if you had named your image "34.jpg", your contributor reference would have been "34". If your image was of an elderly lady, and contained the keywords "80 year old woman", then your image would also be returned on a search for "34 year old woman." Clearly this is not desirable to the customer, and over time may have a negative impact on your AlamyRank as your image would be viewed but not clicked on or purchased.
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