Boar, Bear and Boredom

You are right, searching could be improved a lot. Even if you start with fuzzy results, it would be enough to be able to select an image and to say that you do not search for this.

Since I'm not a stock buyer, I don't do all that many searches for specific subjects. But I do at times search my own portfolio when I need to search for an image that looks familiar to me and I want to make sure I haven't already submitted it. I do find that Adobe is very loose with its search algorithm. For example, if I search for a "redhead," many images with a predominance of red in the asset will sometimes show up in the results. Maybe this happens with similar sounding or similar spelled subject as well. On the one hand, it would be nice to tighten things up. On the other hand, I suppose once can come across a few unrelated surprises that may foot the bill or that come in handy elsewhere at a later date.