Home › Forums › Newbie Questions › RF Tagging
Tagged: Royalty Free Tagging
- This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 3 months ago by rwv123.
-
AuthorPosts
-
rwv123Participant
Quick question on RF site tagging. I always try to max out the tags I use as long as they are relevant (esp on Pond5 where the max is 50 tags). So if a song sounds Creedency, I’ll put “whiskey, beer, swamp, barbecue” and all that in for good measure. However, after my brain and eyes start to lose patience with the tagging process, I notice some of the best selling tracks only have a handful of tags.
I get that quality and a zillion other factors come into play on the sales figures, but my question is simple: is there any drawback to over-tagging?
Any thoughts appreciated. Also, would like to make clear that I am not putting misleading tags….just trying to maximize search potential.
Thanks for any input!
EdouardoParticipantThat’s an interesting question. I’d love to hear also the opinion of experienced guys about this.
tagteamParticipantI have been tagging/keywordng music for the industry for the last 4 years now. I would say the drawbacks for over tagging clearly depends on the types of licensing companies you are working with and what the guidelines are for each company. For example, I do keywording for Crucial Music on tracks they submit to Getty Images. They have a set amt of keywords that can be compiled, anything over that is cut off and not used, so if you are over-tagging, you could be wasting time. I would suggest no more than 10 descriptor tags for each track. You might want to research effective industry keywords that are frequently used to describe a track for a TV/Film spot (i.e. Blaxploitation, Vintage, Dramedy etc)
Hope that helps you!
Marinarwv123ParticipantOh snap! What an answer…straight from the source. Thanks a ton! That about answers it for me, and somewhat what I figured. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t watering down my searchability. Thank you also for the industry terms. Big tip and much appreciated. Thanks for your time answering.
*Big thumbs up to Art too for creating this platform for such Q&A. Thanks to you both.
-
AuthorPosts