Permalink25 June 2009 at 11:11 by Ben Gray
Posted under Advice and tips, Boring but necessary announcements
© Hornbil ImagesThere have been a few complaints recently from customers regarding excessive similar images.
We’d just like to take this opportunity to remind you all of the importance of editing your images prior to uploading to Alamy.
Firstly, there is the aesthetics of a customer being displayed pages of images with little or no difference between them. We try to ensure customers are given accurate results to searches but also a diversity of imagery. A varied array of content is one of the reasons clients use Alamy to source images.
Secondly, there is the affect on your Alamy Rank. Images returned in searches, viewed and then ignored will suffer a decrease in Alamy Rank over time. If a customer is displayed pages of similar or identical images they are likely to ignore many (if not all) trying to find one that stands out from the rest. A decrease in Alamy Rank will mean images being returned further and further down the search results and therefore having less visibility to customers.
When selecting images from a single shoot, try to edit down your submission and only include the best of the bunch. You can send up to five similar frames although it’s recommended to send in one or two at the most. Quality Control will only accept a series of images if they have very different angles, framing or model’s expressions, etc. However, if you upload similar images on separate occasions there is no way for QC to spot the problem.
We will periodically be checking the website and advising contributors to remove similar or identical images for the benefit of customers and also to protect your Alamy Rank.
You can assist us by identifying any similar images in your online collection and marking some for deletion. Using your new Manage Images tool you will be able to display multiple images enabling you to spot any similars and edit down using the batch delete option.
Top