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@cathyslife stockphotos wrote:
The discrimination has already started…it was bound to happen sooner or later. Human nature, i guess.
Hmmmm. That was aimed at me, I’m sure.
Well, yes, I do think it’s human nature to want to put your best foot forward and expect that others you’re affiliated with (however loosely) will do the same. Especially after so many of us have spent months of our lives virtually non-stop building websites that we can be proud of. It’s called professionalism, and it’s a good thing in start-up businesses.
For the record, I know Pete has a good sense of humor. I have encouraged him via several PMs to jump into the SYS pond. But laughing at oneself is one thing. Forcing bad taste down other people’s throats is another. Hey, sure, anybody can do as they please. Why should the rest of us care?
What’s next from somebody else with a great sense of humor? Sh*ttystock.com?
@hodagmedia wrote:
If the sitename and location isn’t obvious: http://crapstock.com
OK, so I’ll bite and ask the two obvious questions:
Is that really and truly the name you want on your site?
Does that name really and truly help the marketing and overall reputation of Symbiostock?
That is very cool! Thanks for finding the service and sharing it with us.
@christine wrote:
+1 for Anti-Captcha
Count me as another +1 for Anti-Captcha.
It will “captcha” the spam, but legit potential customers won’t even know it’s there. Brilliant!
@Semmick Photo wrote:
It seems he is not taking copyright and paying for work very seriously, with is a disgrace as he is a photographer and art director himself
Geez. Several of the images he uses in “his presentation” show copyrights from stock agencies and other corporations. He even jokes about it.
What a scum bag this guy is.
I’ll also happily donate an image. Let me know if there’s any particular critter, color, or scene that might work best.
Or… I’ll just send you a selection and you can pick! Let me know if that’s what you prefer.
Count me in as one willing to participate in a FB group for SYS. I’ve not been very good about keeping my personal FB page current, but I can pitch in with a group site. It might even motivate me to do more on my personal page, and that could help SYS too.
@jsfoto wrote:
@shazamimages wrote:
@cascoly wrote:
…a version control system AND administrator(s) are needed.
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+1 here too.
Up to now, we have all had confidence in SYS upgrades because we knew Leo was behind them and wouldn’t lead us astray. 🙂
But if Leo is not the guiding force any more, and if assorted “outside” programmers begin jumping in to offer new features/codes for our sites, I for one (and probably lots of others) will not be so quick to take a chance.
Better an aging website you know works than a sparkly improved one you don’t trust.
Jo, I have the “Pinterest block” plugin active on my site. Exact opposite direction as you.
Blocking Pinterest may or may not be smart, I don’t know. But I do know I haven’t wanted to be involved with Pinterest at all.
Now, if they change their rules/policies, that might make a difference to me. Will you keep us posted on that?
@shelma1 wrote:
The microstock agencies have major ad agencies running campaigns for them…most probably with multimillion dollar ad budgets. And PR firms placing press releases. I see their paid advertising all over the web, and of course we all get emails from them (I do, at least). They pay for higher ranking on google. They also run print ads in all the major trade publications.
That’s exactly right, and there’s no way any one of us (or all of us collectively) are going to be able to compete with those huge advertising budgets.
If only there were some way to let the buyers who see and like our stuff on SS, FT, DT, IS, etc, know that we artists have additional images on our own sites that are not available for sale on SS, FT, ET, IS, etc. At least… I have that, and I assume others do as well. I’m holding back my own “newest best” for sale on my site alone, not uploading them to the big agencies. Over the next year, my exclusive collection should grow large enough to attract potential buyers.
I’ve been wondering if we individually could start checking out ad agencies or publications that specialize in the kind of work we do. It’s possible we could get the names of individual buyers and either write them directly or connect with some of them via Twitter, Linkedin, etc, to begin getting the word out about SYS. There must be networks of such people that could be tapped. The first step would getting our SYS foot in the door.
@quailrunphotos wrote:
Within Google WebMaster Tools click on the menu item Search Appearance. You will see an item titled HTML Improvements. It has lots of information about your links.
Thanks for that, David. I’ll check it out tomorrow.
Your help is much appreciated! 🙂
@quailrunphotos wrote:
I have been using Google Web Master HTML Improvement to identify duplicate descriptions.
Could you tell me where to find that tool?
That may be true, David. We know that Google doesn’t like duplicate anything.
I’ve been making sure all my titles are new and different, not what I used when I uploaded to SS, DT, FT, etc. And most of my descriptions are unique… but not all are. There are only so many ways one can vary the basic info in similar images.
Do you know if it helps if one rearranges the words and paragraphs, or does the entire text have to be totally different?
I’m seeing the same thing, Jan. And I bet we’re not alone. Something has definitely changed in the last couple of months.
@jsnover wrote:
The gallery page is made using Gallery Pro and is accessed either through the teaser on the front page (above) or via the menus
http://www.digitalbristles.com/gallery/categories/
I made those thumbs myself – they aren’t derived from the uploaded images. I had my teaser on the front page downsize the 250 x 202 to 125 x 101 so they didn’t overwhelm
JoAnn, I really like what you’ve done with that gallery page! May try something else for my site very soon.
Thanks for sharing the information and the link.
