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May 9, 2024
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Repeat words in tags?

  • May 9, 2024
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Hi all, I've decided to upload some of my PNGs to adobe stock and am hoping someone can help me with a quick answer about tags.

 

For example, if I post a PNG of a gold glitter heart, and I use the tag "gold glitter heart" do I also need to repeat the words "gold", "glitter" and "heart",  and "gold heart" etc etc etc??? Or will the search algorithm realise those words from the first phase tag?

 

I am used to Etsy where their search engine WILL mix and match words from longer phrases like that, and do not want to pointlessly repeat tags. Of course, I still want my stuff to be discovered too! I read the entire metadata handbook but didn't see anything about whether or not it's necessary to repeat words in cases like this, and with the first ten tags being the most important i'd like to get it right!

 

I appreciate anyones response who has much more experience in successfully listing and selling on Adobe Stock!

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Nancy OShea
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May 9, 2024
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Abambo
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May 9, 2024
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PNG is for images with transparency only. 

Submit opaque images as JPG with sRGB color space.


By @Nancy OShea

For all: PNG files should also be submitted with the sRGB tagged. It's a requirement from Adobe. It will help to avoid issues later on.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Jill_C
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May 9, 2024

Compound keywords should not be used unless they represent common phrases. "Gold glitter heart" is not a common phrase in English. If a Buyer searched for "gold heart", your asset would not match if you had entered "gold glitter heart".

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Abambo
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May 9, 2024

Check here for guidance: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/titles-and-keyword.html

 

You should repeat the relevant keywords from the title, but as compound keywords are concerned, you should use those only, if they are commonly used as a compound word. Otherwise, it could be considered as keyword spamming.

 

So I would use “gold”, “glitter” and “heart”, but not “gold heart”, “glitter heart”, “gold glitter heart” …

 

You can fine tune your keywords later on, if you have doubts about the efficiency of your settings. However, if there are two million gold glitter hearts, don't expect wonders.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
daniellei4510
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May 9, 2024

More on this: I'm often dealing with keywords the likes of: "makeup, make-up or make up; or skin care, skincare; or closeup, close-up, or close up." Should I pick one? Or two? Or all three? At times, Adobe will automatically suggest at least two of the possiblities, so I'll go ahead and select both as recommended, along with my own that Adobe doesn't come close to recommending.

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daniellei4510
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May 9, 2024

And there you have it. Two different answers so far. 🙂 Myself, I use my own judgement on each image. I often search my own contributor page to see if I can find an asset based on my keywords and I find that, in general, Adobe Stock seems to be very loose with the results. I might do a search for "blond hair," for example, and I'll find assets of blond people as a result. But I will also see results that I know very well did not include 'blond,' but may have included hair, so the results return redheads as well. 

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RALPH_L
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May 9, 2024

You should use the keywords, both compound and singlke that a searcher would most often use. Use theese in the order of importance. 
Optimize your content for search with effective keywords at Adobe Stock

 

 

daniellei4510
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May 9, 2024

No, you would not need to repeat keywords in the method that you mentioned. I'm no expert on using keywords in Adobe Stock, but I think that would amount to spamming or attempting to game the system. Let some others step in to reply.

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