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tgweber
tgweber
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December 28, 2024
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To Vary or Not to Vary - Image Descriptions Over Multiple Sites

  • December 28, 2024
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Two questions - 1) do contributors often contribute to multiple site? 2) If yes, is it a good idea to write a unique description for each site you upload your image/assets to?

 

For example, let's say I have a picture of a bulldog and I upload it to three different sites. 

Is it best to ...

A) be unique?

  Black bulldog with white spots.

  White spotted black bulldog.

  A bulldog's black fur has white spots.

... or ...

B) use the same description across all three sites?

  Black bulldog with white spots.

 

 

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Correct answer Abambo

Being so caught up with creating descriptions/titles for my assets and then adding relevant keywords, I had totally neglected to think about how my assets are displayed by Google.

After trying to limit my descriptions/titles to 70 characters, I found it to be very difficult, and more often than not I went over the 70 character mark - more like 140 characters plus or minus per asset.

Now I can adjust my focus when writing descriptions/titles, and not get so caught up in trying to limit myself to just 70 characters.

Thank you.


Put the important information in the first 70 characters and you are good. Be aware of the fact that the Google search engine uses the whole title, but displays only the first characters. The first few words should always be the important part, and that independant from Google.

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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December 29, 2024

Do as you wish, but if I have a great title for my asset, I'll use that on all sites where I contribute. And I'll also recycle the keywords. And yes, people contribiute on different sites. And buyers from one site are not buyingfrom the other site, except when they are testing different stock sites. 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    Jill_C
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    Jill_CCommunity Expert
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    December 28, 2024

    There is no need to vary the descriptions or keywords across sites. Choose the best words to properly describe your assets to ensure the best chance for buyers to find them.

    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
      tgweber
      tgweberAuthor
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      December 28, 2024

      Thank you.

      One thing that I find makes the keywording process a bit cumbersome is the fact that Adobe states the order matters. Thus, I find myself spending more time than is perhaps necessary to decide keywords 1 - 7.

      daniellei4510
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      daniellei4510Community Expert
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      December 28, 2024

      The order matters to the extent that your initial keywords should also be in the title. In that sense, it's more important to write a creative and accurate title, then the keywording almost...almost...takes care of itself. I suspect the examples you provided are exactly that: examples. But you probably want to come up with titles that are more descriptive than "A black dog with white spots." What breed of dog is it? What is it doing? Where is it located? (Studio, a meadow, on a street, etc.).

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        RALPH_L
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        RALPH_LCommunity Expert
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        December 28, 2024

        B.

          tgweber
          tgweberAuthor
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          December 28, 2024

          Thank you. That is good to hear. I find writing descriptions and keywording to be very time consuming.  Streamlining the process simplifies things greatly! 

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