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Flickr users

  • 04-01-2007 01:48PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,933 ✭✭✭✭


    Out of curiosity how many views are you getting on your albums in Flickr -- i am heading towards 1,500 -- how do any of you promote your flickr to increase audience ?

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭bp_me


    I think this counts as promotion ;)

    Most people here seem to put it in their sig.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    You mean overall... as in the entire set? Current count 24,385 views. Not very high though compared to most.

    Mostly my views come from me visiting my contacts streams and commenting and then I get feedback/views/comments in return. Every now and again I do the odd 'group pimp my photo' but only a few times a year for photos I really wanna get feedback on. Mostly I just leave it for my contacts to have a look.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    I have just over 15200 views at the moment. I have to confess I don't do a load to promote it really.

    That being said, roughly 60% of my photographs are sports related so I fling the link out to interested parties. I also find that people are inclined to come and have a look at my stuff if I have commented/or favourited theirs. In general, I have an RSS reader set up to keep an eye on photos of Brittany, lighthouses, and also of my contacts. This gives me a stream of photos to look at and comment on.

    I sort of feel that I don't really exploit the social aspect of Flickr as much as I could but when you go looking for a group to send out a photograph to and the search returns something like 10000 groups, you realise it's very time consuming. I want to get my act together a bit better on that front.

    One of the things I have down as a project for the year if I get around to it - was to set up an aggregator for Irish Flickr users - that you'd submit your address to it and the site would update when you had new stuff up. Not unlike a blog aggregator. I just haven't had time to look into it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,933 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    440Hz wrote:
    You mean overall... as in the entire set? Current count 24,385 views. Not very high though compared to most.
    .

    Meant Entire set -- I thougt I was doing ok at 1,500, looks like I've a way to go :mad:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Some very nice photographs there, thebaz...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭Roen


    Divide the total number of views by the number of pics you have. That'll give you a more accurate view.

    I used to stick my fave pics in a lot of groups and look for comments and the like but the whole Flickritis has worn off and I couldn't really be arsed these days. As long as you're happy with your pics that's the main thing.

    Constructive criticism is more than helpful if a person wants to improve and the one thing Flickr doesn't do is provide helpful criticism, the comments you get are mainly all gushing and nicey.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Mind you...it's not really supposed to be a popularity contest...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,933 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Calina wrote:
    Some very nice photographs there, thebaz...

    Thanks Calina -- still getting to grips with my SLR in non auto mode -- like others, i sort of use Flickr as an indicator of my progression or regression in photography !

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,735 ✭✭✭mikeanywhere


    I am in a similar boat to 440Hz in that I have my contacts usually give me their views. Saying that 5K views in 4 months aint to shabby either, roll on the 10K mark soon (I hope!!)

    On a serious note tho, I usually post to 2 boards including this one to get "real" constructive critism of pics I post. I'm also pleased with the usual response I get including ways to make the picture better if it warrants it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    Calina wrote:
    Mind you...it's not really supposed to be a popularity contest...

    Woot! I've got over 60,000 views now :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,735 ✭✭✭mikeanywhere


    rymus wrote:
    Woot! I've got over 60,000 views now :D


    Show off!! :eek: :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭Roen


    rymus wrote:
    Woot! I've got over 60,000 views now :D
    yeah but you posted about 70,000 pics ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    I have 800 views.....

    Snarf Snarf


    baz, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

    Print a set of Moo cards.
    That will make you feel better.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,933 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    rymus wrote:
    Woot! I've got over 60,000 views now :D

    Can anyone top this , or are you the Chesea of boards flickr users , meanwhile i battle with Shiny for relegation !:mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    I'm trying to imagine Rymus managed by a mouthy Portuguese manager and it ain't happening.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,933 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Calina wrote:
    I'm trying to imagine Rymus managed by a mouthy Portuguese manager and it ain't happening.
    Maybe Rymus is bank rolled by Abramovich ??

    Meanwhile I've picked up 50 views since the start of this thread :D
    out of the relegation battle for now --
    i'll be happy when i hit the 10k mark !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    thebaz wrote:
    Can anyone top this , or are you the Chesea of boards flickr users , meanwhile i battle with Shiny for relegation !:mad:

    Hehehe

    dunno about on here... but my fav flickr contact gets on average 2500 views per photo without adding to groups (or to many groups anyway). so...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    thebaz wrote:
    Maybe Rymus is bank rolled by Abramovich ??

    Meanwhile I've picked up 50 views since the start of this thread :D
    out of the relegation battle for now --
    i'll be happy when i hit the 10k mark !

    Or possibly part of the contract of every Chelsea player is that they sit in front of a computer and review all of Rymus' photos every single day.

    /Conspiracy Theories R Us.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Valentia


    12,126 as on 2 seconds ago.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I must fork out an extra few squid and get the pro account.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    31k


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    440Hz wrote:
    Hehehe

    dunno about on here... but my fav flickr contact gets on average 2500 views per photo without adding to groups (or to many groups anyway). so...

    Flickr is all about social networking. If you go out and comment on a hojillion people's photos, they'll come back and do the same. Being good at photography is entirely optional. Linking around helps too (my Vistas of Azeroth set was extremely popular on Warcraft forums). If all else fails, install Reload Every, open up your page in a few tabs and set the refresh for 5 seconds. Not that I condone such. :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,332 ✭✭✭311


    I've noticed some people tag there photos with about 30 different names ,then they add their photo to about 30 groups.
    If I tag a photo of a wall with ,sadam ,great wall ,tsunami ,dublin . I'm sure I'll get views that have nothing to do with my photo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    One morally corrupt way of getting loads of views is to post photos of women in various states of undress. But then again, that's always been the case. I'll stick to posting loads of shíte for now :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    rymus wrote:
    One morally corrupt way of getting loads of views is to post photos of women in various states of undress. But then again, that's always been the case. I'll stick to posting loads of shíte for now :D

    I had one contact who did that, he put up photos of naked women and wrote about current affairs in their blurbs. I removed him as he made my Flickr NSFW.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Hojillion. Is that bigger than a bazillion or gazillion?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭Roen


    This woman made me a contact of hers, but I deleted her after a while as it was indeed NSFW.
    NSFW


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    That is indeed the very essence of NSFW :eek:

    What I found most disturbing about it was that in the middle of all those photos, there's one of her dad holding a giant fish!?!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭Roen


    Yeah, I came across that one after I looked at the other 2,964.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Roen wrote:
    Yeah, I came across that one after I looked at the other 2,964.

    Hoho, I'm sure you did.




























    :D


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