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David Seale

9 Years Ago

Photos Not Found By Faa Search Engine

I have posted several pictures with tags but very few display when I search by the artist name. They were posted several days ago, but still no show. Any ideas?

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Alexey Stiop

9 Years Ago

You may want to add a few more keywords. Ass your name to the description (e.g. image by David Seale) and keywords. When you edit the image and click submit it will most likely make it visible to bots, which will increase your visibility outside of FAA. Hopefully it will also fix the issue with search by name here. Be patient - it may take a week or more.

 

Michelle Calkins

9 Years Ago

I only see 7 of your images when searching your name. Sounds like you have a problem for Tech support. I have experienced a wait of about 3 days for my images to appear at times...maybe they are lagging on updating the site.

 

Martin Capek

9 Years Ago

If you dont sell, your work is Immediately burried deep dpwn.

 

Kim Bird

9 Years Ago

welcome to the tomb of the unseen image. i am the guardian of the most unseen. step this way.

 

Pamela Patch

9 Years Ago


Here is how to check for indexing.

Make sure your name is a keyword of all your images. Put your name in the keyword search. Choose the option recently added.




 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

you need more words. but you won't be high up unless you sell a bunch, that's how the search works.


---Mike Savad

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

You're new here, so you're going to have a bit of trouble getting seen so early. Knowing which images you are trying to find would help us help you. But generally speaking, you need more keywords in all of the images I looked at on your page. As previously told, put your name in as a key word. You might want to watch images with the same title. In the past, I have had trouble with funky stuff happening behind the scenes like thumbnails for one image being on the wrong page, etc. etc. Even "Cleared For Landing 2" would work. Any relevant keyword you can think of to help people find you, you should put that down.

I tell folks they should think of this site as not only a place to (hopefully) sell lots and lots of photos and art, but also as a social media site. You found the forums and that's good. But you have not posted any events, blogs or press releases. You are not a member of any groups and are not following anyone. You have chosen no favorites and have yet to write a short bio of yourself. You have to help folks find you. They're not smart enough to do it on their own.

When people do find you, they asre going to find that you are giving away yuor photos. $15 for an 8X5 of this one

Art Prints

is exceedingly low in my opinion. The 30X20 version of this one should be closer to $100 easily. Don't get discouraged. Just look around, ask for advice, listen to what they tell you and have fun.

 

Alexandra Till

9 Years Ago


The image I uploaded on August 26th, 2014 does definitely NOT come up when I run a search for it.

I have 1125 images uploaded so far ... all keyworded with my name, but when I search for my name only 1124 images show up.
August 26th, 2014 obviously was cut out by FAA.

It's this one:
Fly A Kite - Old Hobby Reborn
Fly A Kite - Old Hobby Reborn Art Prints

 

Cynthia Decker

9 Years Ago

I include my full name, and name of my website, in the keywords for all of my images. I search on my name and everything comes up.

 

Andrew Fare

9 Years Ago

The last few days have been hit or miss for me. Some showing up in the search and some not. I don't recall having a problem before.

 

Alexandra Till

9 Years Ago


Glad I'm not the only one.

 

David Seale

9 Years Ago

Wow. Many thanks for all of your advice. I am new to this site so still finding my way. I will try all of your tips and suggestions.


Hi Joseph Hinson. Thanks for taking the time for your full reply. I am new and need to get a handle on pricing. I do not know what my work is worth. I will check out other pricing. I thought I would start low to see if anyone bites and review there after.

Once again, thanks to you all.

Regards
David

 

Donna Proctor

9 Years Ago

Just a thought for anyone who might not realize this about password protected galleries ...

I have 395 images uploaded. If I do a search with my name, only 372 images show up. There's a 23 image discrepancy. My password protected gallery has 23 images ... if I do individual searches for those images they do appear to come up... I have a black coyote image in the protected gallery - I searched "black coyote" instead of my name, and it came up, but they do not appear to come up in a general search by name only.

@ Christine - I searched for "fly a kite" - 4 pages came up ... your image didn't show up. Something is amiss ...

 

Alexandra Till

9 Years Ago


Thanks a ton for checking, Donna.
I guess uploads on August 26th, 2014 were just swept under the carpet. :-(

 

Stephanie Howard

9 Years Ago

24 of my 32 uploads on Aug. 27 are not showing up in searches. Also, 7 of my 11 yesterday are still unsearchable, but that may be that they're not indexed yet? Is it best to delete and re-upload?

 

Pamela Patch

9 Years Ago


Stephanie, I would not do any deleting/uploading until after this 3 day weekend, someone might just be on vacation.

 

Stephanie Howard

9 Years Ago

@Pamela - thanks for your reply! Sorry - I'm still new here.... Do you mean just don't delete/re-upload the ones that seem to be "stuck" or do you think it's a bad idea to upload new ones over this holiday weekend too?

 

Pamela Patch

9 Years Ago


Hi Stephanie, I was speaking of the stuck ones. The owner is making some changes to the site these days and it may have been impossible to index the new art and now with a three day weekend on the horizon it may be Tuesday before we get caught up. Make sure you put your name in all of your work so you can check on it easier.

 

Stephanie Howard

9 Years Ago

Hi Pamela. Will hold off on deleting then. Had just read about putting my name in the keywords. Hadn't thought of that before. Guess I'll have to go through each one and add..... Oh boy - lol! Thanks so much for your advice! Have a great weekend! :)

 

Theresa Tahara

9 Years Ago

Ha ha, Kim. Great answer. Lol

 

Wendy Thompson

9 Years Ago

Going on a week since posting most of my photos, and still not showing up in FAA searches...

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

you have very few keywords, most are very common. you should be able to find yourself with your own name, if you can't there is something wrong. otherwise you have to sell a lot to be in a place where you can find yourself.

---Mike Savad

 

Wendy Thompson

9 Years Ago

I'll have to work on the tags. However, images are still not showing up, even when there are only a few images on the page when I type in my key words. None of them are mine. And when I type in my name, not all of my photos show up. I'll give it time. Maybe it will just take a while. And Mike, I LOVE your work!

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

thanks...

http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/wendy+thompson/all i get 13 when i use just your name. there may be lag in the search still. others were complaining over the week.

---Mike Savad

 

Wendy Thompson

9 Years Ago

Yea, that's not all of them. Probably lag.

 

David Seale

9 Years Ago

Hi all

Some more of my photographs are now showing when I search on my name. Still a way to go but the system is working, slowly.

Thanks for your tips and advice.

Regards
David

 

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