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July 13, 2026
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Follow Up: Similar Content Rejection

  • July 13, 2026
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Few days ago I posted about I was getting too much similar content rejection. From there I learned about ‘Stock’s Reverse Image Search’  from community expert ​ ​@Nancy OShea . Thakns again. 

to test out the result I picked topics based on the reverse image search, took only those topic/concept which got result under 100k than I create and uploaded 10 images to the stock and waited for the result. From those 10 images 3 got approved, 4 got rejected and 3 images are still on review. 

Now, about rejected image (refer to 1st screenshot) all 4 image rejected due to similar content rejection. The selected one topic/concept is 'iced matcha latte in glass with light shadows’ this topic only got 454 search result in adobe stock (refer to 2nd screenshot) but still got rejected due to similar content rejection. Can someone please explain where I am doing wrong? also I am curious to learn more about how I can avoid getting similar content rejection maybe some tips and tricks or solutions. 

Thanks in advance.

 

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    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 13, 2026

    You’re probably not doing anything wrong...you’re just not doing something right, and that’s what has beleaguered us all when it comes to similar content rejections. Personally, I don’t think it’s so much about the images as the keywords and titles. If the algorithm sees the same keywords used too many times (especially near the top of the list), it gets flagged as similar, both compared to the entire database and to one’s own personal submissions. The downside to this, assuming I’m correct, is that if the most pertinent keywords are moved to the bottom of the list, they are less likely to be considered when performing a search.

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    KhRakibAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 13, 2026

    That's an interesting perspective. I hadn't really considered that the keywords and titles might be the issue rather than the images themselves. I've been using relevant keywords consistently, so maybe that's what's triggering the similarity detection. I'll try varying my titles and keyword order on my next uploads and see if it makes any difference. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 13, 2026

    I’ve taken to keeping a spreadsheet of my titles and keywords for each photo. I don’t necessarily resubmit them (at least not without making some edits), but I’ll compare a new submission that might be considered similar to a previous similar content rejection and make some alterations.

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.