time spent searching for keywords and titles

It usually takes me much more time. With the expiation of a series of images of the same or similar objects or themes. I always prepare all metadata in a text editor before submitting and embed  them into images exif data in File info in Photoshop. I look at, but usually delete all Adobe suggestions, as most of them are often irrelevant. This work is more time consuming and intellectually difficult than making a photo.  But it’s  also even more important for a selling success than quality of a photo.

I maintain a complex keyword hirarchy in Lightroom. Then, in Lightroom I add keywords that are specific to the photo and a title. In Adobe I add some of the auto keyword suggestions and sort the first 10 keywords. Time about 1-2 minutes.

I spend 1-2 minutes per image because I rely heavily on Adobe's keyword suggestions. I add a few of my own keywords in Lightroom Classic when I'm editing the image and those are automatically uploaded to Adobe. Then I add all of the Adobe keyword suggestions and go down the list, deleting those that are inappropriate or unnecessary and sending the most important ones to the top of the list. Then I complete the title and press Submit. If you rely in the keyword suggestions, you'll save a lot of time.