How to add keywords?

Newbie to this pond thing - how in the world do I add tags or key words to the footage I just uploaded?

Thanks

K

Hi,
You can click on "MyPond" at the top of the page, and click on "my Uploads"
Make sure in the box you select "Write Info" and click search.
That will bring up all of your unfinished clips.
You can click the edit button for each and add tags, price etc.
Then click submit to curator.

Oh, one thing about the keywords, don't go over 25 words.

Pretty easy here to edit things.

Hope this helps,
Jake

Hi kb1,

Jakes right - and there IS some code on P5 that was written a few months ago that is supposed to help the ranking of any clip that has 25 keywords or less.

However, if you find 25 words too restrictive (as I do!) bear in mind that there is no official limit on the number of keywords at P5.

Most important is that your keywords are accurate and relevant.

Welcome to P5. :0)

Rob aka orbitrob

Can someone explain the format when adding key words... I have been told several formats.
Word,SpaceWord
Word,Word
Is there a distinct format or is it just me being picky ?

orbitrob, sorry but there is a limit on the number of keywords and it is 25. That number was set "07"and if you go over the limit you'll find yourself at the bottom of the ranking. If you wish a copy I can provide you with it.

Edward there isn't any distinct format just make sure your keywords are relevant to the clip.

This was e-mailed to all members April 12,08

First, a big thanks to all of you for choosing to offer your content on Pond5.com. We're delighted with the incredible talent we have on board, and we're committed to bringing you the absolute best resource for buying and selling stock footage on the web. Lots of exciting stuff is coming over the next few days, so keep your eyes peeled!

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Tag Cleanup

During the next few months, we'll be cleaning up clip keywords and categories for all of Pond5 content. Many of you have tagged your clips a little too enthusiastically and placed unnecessary, inaccurate and/or unrelated tags on clips. As a result, when buyers search for something, they must wade through a lot of clips that don't match. To address this problem, we've made two adjustments:

From now on, each clip will be limited to 3 categories. For existing clips, our curators will address this, so there's nothing you need to do regarding content that is already uploaded. Of course, if you'd like to go in and edit the categories on your clips, feel free.

Clips are now limited to 25 keywords. For clips with over 25 keywords, we're asking you to edit out the least relevant ones. Beginning on May 10, we will impose a penalty in Search Results, so that the more keywords beyond 25 that a clip has, the lower it will rank in search results. We hope this will nudge you to go through and remove unnecessary keywords.

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Thanks for the heads-up Jason by sharing a copy of this newsletter.

A couple of things.

1. There's no mention of a 25 keyword limit anywhere in the FAQs on P5. Unless you were a contributing artist on or before April 12 - you wouldn't have received this letter, and you wouldn't know that the limit was 'P5 endorsed'. Other than discussion in threads, how are new contributors expected to know and/or abide by a 25 cap if its not in the FAQs?

2. While I do agree that being too 'loose' with keyword meanings is not cool (and I for one have been reviewing and cleaning up some of my clips) - i still think the 25 cap for accurate and relevant keywords is too tight / restricted / constricting...well you know what i mean.

My two cents.
Rob aka orbitrob

Rob while some would agree with you P5 made that ruling because keywording and categories were getting out of hand. I sent a PM to P5 on the subject and yes it should be in FAQs.

I don't think the 25 keywords limit is really active at this point. But we won't get a clear answer until the P5 crew comes back from Rio or wherever they spend their carnival vacation.