Fanpop Article: Bulk posting kills keywords

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posted by Snerkie

Okay this soapbox sadly, is going to point fingers so people can learn from this. I don't like having to point fingers but it seems no one gets the message across if it isn't done.

What is bulk posting? It's when you post multiple things all at the same time. So when you do that the keywords you give are going to be the same for every single thing you post.

Why do people bulk post? Well the excuse used can be "I want to share great content with others" but really it turns more into a quantity over quality.

Why is this harming keywords? When people bulk post they only put a general amount of keywords in that can sum up all icons but not put specifics to them.

Now onto showing you an example of how this is. This is only one example, from one spot, from one user. It happens on pretty much ALL spots though and from different users.

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This whole spot in general I would say is a breeding ground of misused keywords (or none at all) and bulk posting.

Goodbye, Toby

keywords: the office, season 4, episode 14, icon

keywords you should use though in an image like this is:
who's in it? Dwight and Mose
additional things in it? Raccoon
episode name? Goodbye, Toby

Saying who is in the icon in your keywords is one of the most important things you could do. People don't just go and look for icons of season 4, they want to find a specific character they like easily.

Please remember this was not to attack anyone, it was to present a clear example of what should be done and the best way I can do that is through something that has happened.

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Saul_Mikoliunas I was so gutted that picture was taken down. I wanted to take a screen shot to show my mum. She would have been so proud! =P Picture police. So cute! I must admit, I do make excellent typos.

chel1395 Very cool article. It's always a good thing to remind people of how they can be the best Fanpoppers they can be. All for Fanpop, Fanpop for all. *impressed with new slogan*

amazondebs i know i wonder what the fanpop four think of this soapbox?

DrDevience Well, they need to start representin' before I fly to Frisco and beat them with my cane.

DrDevience AND - the Featured Videos have been nothing but !"#€%&! Brucas for the past 12+ hours....

ToastedRabbits I think bulk posting is good...depending on what you're posting and if the keywords CAN be applied to every image withe enough detail. I mean, if you're posting a tons of frames nearly identical to each other from a scene of a show or movie, that's pretty much a waste of space if you ask me. It can be used for the better, though, and saving a lot of time.

dazl My solution to bulk posting? I post in bulk, then go back and correct each one individually. And then I do a happy Snoopy dance. Can I have my free juice box now?

amazondebs *hands dazl juice box* yeah i get what you mean about screen captures if there all from a screen capture website, why not just post a link? if they are good credit and keyworded i won't rate them low but i probably won't go through them all, too tedious but sometime i post screen captures or use screen captures from new episodes of shows for fan art and icons so they can be useful but if there all on one site like screen caps paradise then just link although having said that i'd rather have proper credited keyworded screen caps than loads of different photos without lol

tessajanuary I commend you for writing this, Snerkie. I've noticed the exact same thing on numerous spots, but especially on The Office. And DrD - I noticed the exact same thing about the featured vids! Grrr... What makes them 'featured', anyway?

aholic I would rather have a "high quality videos being watched right now" instead.

Snerkie lmao...*cough* lol, gotta agree though i did see the huge amount of Brucas or whatever videos last night :\

mimika_s I agree with you and feel guilty! but after a House md episode is aired I download it(in order to watch it) and then post many screen caps!but they are about 200(because I want everyone who wants a certain moment of the show to find it) You can understand that it is impossible to post 200 screen caps one by one What should I do?Stop posting them?I know people at least use them as I see a lot of my photos in many picks

Snerkie just look through them and see if you can group them a bit. Like go through the scenes since there might be 2 characters in a lot of the caps so you can upload them then upload another batch :) it's good when people post the caps and very appreciated just not easy to sort through sometimes

ineedcoffee excellent article I have it saved, this to bothers me as on almost all of my spots the keywords don't match the pictures and when you have lee pace, anna friel, and such for a picture of kristen chenowth that bothers me how are you suppose to find it, that is just an example but this is on most of my spots. thank you for writing it.

DrDevience Mimi - to be blunt about it, if you don't care enough to do it right, then don't do it all. The ability to upload more than 5 at a time needs to be taken away ASAP.

shieldmaiden I think bulk posting is all right. I didn't know specific keywords were such a big deal with everyone. I'll do better now, and thanks for pointing out that one can go back and individually edit the keywords. I personally believe that multi-uploading should not be taken away. I don't think I'm going to sit and upload stuff one by one. I'll just go back and edit keywords. Good article!

0blivion I agree entierly with shieldmaiden. She basically took the words out of my mouth!

Snerkie thanks :) yeah you can go back and edit any keywords (you can't re-upload the image though) Keywords are helpful when people want a specific image for whatever purpose and sometimes from a specific episode so they can show someone something or make an icon with a quote, etc.

aholic I think that we should make some sort of deal about that bulk posting. If one person doesn't add many keywords where they should, they should be taken away the ability. So you could kinda report users for not adding the necessary keywords. I think it's okay to add many pictures of landscapes without putting in the link "tree" once in a while but if it's pictures of an important building and the only keyword is the name of the city where it is, then it's not alright.

pink2wink Hello I'm new here. I uploaded new spots for Marianna Palka, Christine Jeffs & Debra Searle. Go look at them. I also added some new pictures to the Elizabeth Reaser spot. Also I bulk uploaded BUT I did put batch keywords but only relevant ones like: marianna palka, marianna, palka, puffy vest, bubble vest The reason for that was that in every picture was Marianna Palka and she was wearing a puffy vest in every picture. But I would never upload a picture of more than one person and then only keyword one person, instead I'd keyword all the people in the picture if I knew who they all were.

johnminh Great soapbox and good points. Kudos. =)

Saul_Mikoliunas I remembered my point!! I don't think the ability to upload more than 5 at a time should be taken away. I often upload photos of say Cobie SMulders at an awards event and there are often 15 pictures of her making funny faces and they are all the same event and they are all her so I can put the exact same keywords for every one. I just think that they should give people an option, put the right keywords or it gets deleted. However that would be too much work for the fanpop four and I think they have neough on their hands.

DrDevience I think they should take away and block future medals when proper keywording is not being used.

vider69 To Snerkie, thanks to you and everyone else I'm learning more things all the time, I got a lot out of this article. Thanks.

Snerkie That's okay ^_^ always willing to help people out in any way i can