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Regulating Your Keywords
One of the biggest problems with keywords is that there are so many synonyms in the English language. So how do you know that one specific keyword for one specific thing will always be the case? After all, if it's not the case, you may never find that one very special image of the stunning model who's name you can't remember.
I was browsing around the web the other day looking for a solution to that problem when I came across Controlled Vocabulary. This company provides a list of 11,000 words that is organized into categories. If you use those words to keyword your photos, you'll be much more likely to be able to find all the photos of that type because it will be more likely to have all the words that qualify it attached. Just download the Controlled Vocablulary word list to your computer, and then use the Metadata > Import Keywords command to navigate to the folder where this list of keywords was downloaded and Import the whole list. Any keywords you've already assigned will remain as well, so you won't loose them.
These keywords are hierarchical. So if, for instance, you want a specific word for a specific type of Action, you can go to ACTIVITIES/ACTION, click the rotating arrowhead, and see categories called ACTION MOTION, followed by a list of related words. Working this way allows you to think in the broader context of things, so you're more likely to enter all the words your client or stock agency will be looking for. You can just scroll down this list, click and drag any of the words onto an image or a selection of images, that keyword will be posted to all the images. Of course, the keywords you've already entered are there, too. So if you go through the whole list, you'll stand a better chance of having assigned all the keywords that anyone is likely to use to find this image.
The company's website is www.controlledvocabulary.com.
Yes, it is. I should have put in the whole thing...or better yet a link.
Great idea...until I saw the cost. $70 for a keyword file??
I like the idea, but I'm too cheap to buy a wordlist when I can generate one myself from "ispell" or some similar util.
I'm not /entirely/ sure how I'm going to do it yet, but if I come up with a decent method I'll try to loop back here.
I like to think that my time is worth more than $70 an hour. That's what I tell my clients, anyway. Do you really think you can make up, download, or whatever, an 11,000 word categorized list of words most likely to help seekers to find the photographs you've shot. For that matter, think of the time you save when you're trying to find a category of shots for a particular prospective client. First time I make a sale, I've earned way more than that $70. Don't forget about the additional sales an additional publishing credit are going to help you make, either.
What's your time worth? Can you really tell a prospective client that your time is worth less than $70 an hour? Can you really put together an 11,000 word, carefully qualified list in less than a couple of weeks? What about the time you save finding exactly the right shots for a particular prospective submission?
11000 keywords will mean a lot of searching as well... so not really sure whether it's worth it.
This is something I'd have to test, especially as English isn't my mother tongue, to see whether it's worth the money.
I guess a trial license isn't possible...
> 11000 keywords will mean a lot of searching as well.
Exactly. I recently imported a few "gallery player" photos and ended up with over 600 tags. I found that very akward, especially since I won't use many of the tags (I'm not tagging all my photos with the keyword "american").
CV needs to have a reduced list (at a reduced price of course) for the amateurs/home users that want a level of standardization without sorting through 11K keywords.
My ideal list would include standardized tags for things a home user would take pictures of. For example for holidays (is it 4th of July, or Fourth of July, or Independence day?).
Photo Mechanic now comes with a reduced list from CV. I think it is geography and animals. It would be great if LR 2 came with such a light keyword list.
Does 'Controlled Vocabulary' work with LR2? I understand they changed the hierarchy capability...but not sure as I have not looked at that yet.
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Generating your own keyword list is not difficult as long you willing to take sometimes to research. I always do it myself because i have to save the cost for other use.
hey dude, you know what google says: work for people not for machine. I guess using the best keywords and having an awful, mediocre article won't help you much. Though that was a great source, but I am not sure if I want to spend money on keyword stuff.
I like the idea, but I'm too cheap to buy a wordlist when I can generate one myself from "ispell" or some similar util.
any how very nice article..
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This will help me manage my PPC campaign.
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Another great tool is using the Free Keyword Suggestion Tool.
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I am a newbie to SEO and am very confused as to where to begin.Currently I use google adwords but don't really know if they do so well.
It is easy to get carried away when you are selecting your keywords. There are so many ways to say the same thing so you can get too many phrases that you want to target.
It is best to pick a few and target solely on them until you are dominate. Once you master those add a few more at a time that you like.
Wow..This set up a whole new way of thinking for me.
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This is a big problem to organizing a large quantity of images. I have noticed several Mturk projects trying to have people place keywords on images to get a database going.
Nice Post. Thanks for the help.
looks like an excellent resource, of course with programs like keyword elite you can generate lists to a 1,000 but it is still work even though a lot of it is automated.
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