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December 22, 2023

Keyword order in search

  • December 22, 2023
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Hi 

I am trying to understand why the search engine returns a different number of images depending on the order in which the keywords are entered.

If I search for "england cottage" I get 27,613 images, AND

If I search "cottage england I get 27,613 images

If I search "english cottage" I get 1,282,804 images returned, BUT

If I search "cottage english" I only get 23,924

Any ideas why?

 

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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December 23, 2023

@Jill_C ,

 

It may well be a ranking "issue". 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Jill_C
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Jill_CCommunity Expert
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December 22, 2023

I think it might have something to do with keyword rank, i.e. the position in which the keyword is listed on the asset. I searched for "English cottage" (in quotes) and got 1.2M hits. When I searched for "cottage English" I got 0 hits.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
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    December 22, 2023

    That looks like an interesting question. I will move this to the bugs section of the stock forum.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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