A question for those of you that use Flickr

bigdavephoto · 02-06-2016, 07:41 PM

Mods, please move if I posted in the wrong place.

This question is for anybody that has been using Flickr for awhile.

I joined Flickr late part of last year and have been posting photos there. My question is, When you go to Flickr and go to "you", Flickr will show you your photos. In the lower left hand corner is a little eyeball icon with a number besides it. I figured out real quickly that the number is equal to how many views that photo has gotten, but what I want to know is, how can one photo of an album have XX number of views but none of the other photos of that album has any views at all?

Basically, what I would like to know is, where did flicker show that one photo so it gathered some views?

I know this is an odd question but I think of things like this and wonder.

Just for some more info, I have not joined any groups yet, so I know the views didn't come from something like that.

**ramseybuckeye** · 02-06-2016, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by bigdavephoto

I joined Flickr late part of last year and have been posting photos there. My question is, When you go to Flickr and go to "you", Flickr will show you your photos. In the lower left hand corner is a little eyeball icon with a number besides it. I figured out real quickly that the number is equal to how many views that photo has gotten, but what I want to know is, how can one photo of an album have XX number of views but none of the other photos of that album has any views at all?

Basically, what I would like to know is, where did flicker show that one photo so it gathered some views?

I know this is an odd question but I think of things like this and wonder.

Just for some more info, I have not joined any groups yet, so I know the views didn't come from something like that.

I've been using Flickr for a few years now, joined in 2009 and had a pro account for three years. First, I don't recall ever seeing the "eyeball icon but after searching I found it on Camera Roll. If you have "followers" your photos will appear in "people" or the page where you first land in the site.

If you go into stats it may show where some of the views are from, for an example, if you share pics from flickr on Pentax Forums you will get views. But I'm not sure I don't see more in stats because of the Pro account, so that may not be a help. Also people do searches on Flickr and can find you photo if you "tag" it. They can also search by camera and lens in some cases. Those stats are not always much help because they often don't name the source. I know I had a couple of photos get quite a few views each day for weeks, some of these were photos that made no sense to be getting a lot of views, like this one which has 2456 views in 27 months:

It's one of those pictures you keep to use in "the alphabet game" or something similar. Why the views? I have no clue. I also have over 900 views on a photo of my DA*300 on my K-30 in 25 months. Go figure.

**boriscleto** · 02-06-2016, 09:54 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ramseybuckeye

I also have over 900 views on a photo of my DA*300 on my K-30 in 25 months. Go figure.

Do you have it tagged as DA*300 or K-30? Some of my most viewed photos have the tag 'Helios'.

My most viewed was one I submitted to the 'Your Best Shot 2016' group.

I get hits on photos of a Hairy Woodpecker at Beaver Lake Nature Center when someone searches the term 'Hairy Beaver'...

**THoog** · 02-06-2016, 10:08 PM

Searches will also hit on words in titles and descriptions, so Tom's photo (titled "cable") may be getting hits for the name. Or, it could be hits from something like Google's "find similar photos" search. I've had photos get inexplicable numbers of hits because they had "feet" or other words in the description. I would like to think it was people hunting for stock photos, but I also have a "pro" account, and looking at the search strings in the stats view, it was clear it was people feeding their fetishes. I wish they'd get their porn from a proper porn site.

**boriscleto** · 02-06-2016, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by THoog

Searches will also hit on words in titles and descriptions, so Tom's photo (titled "cable") may be getting hits for the name. Or, it could be hits from something like Google's "find similar photos" search. I've had photos get inexplicable numbers of hits because they had "feet" or other words in the description. I would like to think it was people hunting for stock photos, but I also have a "pro" account, and looking at the search strings in the stats view, it was clear it was people feeding their fetishes. I wish they'd get their porn from a proper porn site.

There was a guy who used to post in the Takumar Club, Mike Cash. He posted lots of photos of Japanese dancers. He used to get tons of hits from people searching 'Japanese Woman'...

I see he has made all his Flickr photos private and moved to SmugMug...

officiousbystander · 02-07-2016, 12:58 AM

My most popular photo is one of a child store dummy in a Superboy outfit. I tagged it 'cosplay', but only as an experiment. I get the hits but I'm sure there are plenty who are disappointed to not find scantily dressed superheroes. My other popular photos are of a kids party at the Manhattan Superbowl ten pin bowling alley in Mascot, Sydney. These were tagged 'Manhattan Superbowl' and for some reason there was a massive spike in early 2014.

**i_trax** · 02-07-2016, 02:28 AM

https://www.flickr.com/photos/itrax/8713173206/stats/
my most viewed photo, 10,785 in less than 3 years, nothing special and taken with MX-1
in last 5 years in total:
Total
3,396,239
who are those people?

bigdavephoto · 02-07-2016, 06:35 AM

Thank you for your answers. It seems everybody is just about as confused as I am.

It has been suggested may be it is because of tags or name of the photo. That is what makes it funny. The photo that have the views does not have a specific tag on it or a file name that is searchable and the photos that do have specific tags do not have any views. For example the file name (photo name) will read as; IMGP3000_Adj_Shp_Crp_Sm. This how all of my photos are named except for one that I can think of. The photos that have tags on them was an album that I up loaded of photos from the Grand Canyon. I have the tags, Grand Canyon National Park, National Park, and Nature but yet, none of these photos have any views.

The tags I have put on my photos is on the album not any specific photo in the album.

MDavid · 02-07-2016, 08:39 PM

Interesting question! In 2014 I uploaded a super moon photo: about 1000 views in the first 12 hours... It was tagged as super moon (also in portuguese). Some views after, it was forgotten...

02-06-2016, 07:41 PM	#1
bigdavephoto Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: East central Indiana Photos: Gallery Posts: 893	A question for those of you that use Flickr Mods, please move if I posted in the wrong place. This question is for anybody that has been using Flickr for awhile. I joined Flickr late part of last year and have been posting photos there. My question is, When you go to Flickr and go to "you", Flickr will show you your photos. In the lower left hand corner is a little eyeball icon with a number besides it. I figured out real quickly that the number is equal to how many views that photo has gotten, but what I want to know is, how can one photo of an album have XX number of views but none of the other photos of that album has any views at all? Basically, what I would like to know is, where did flicker show that one photo so it gathered some views? I know this is an odd question but I think of things like this and wonder. Just for some more info, I have not joined any groups yet, so I know the views didn't come from something like that.

02-06-2016, 09:54 PM - 1 Like	#3
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by ramseybuckeye I also have over 900 views on a photo of my DA300 on my K-30 in 25 months. Go figure. Do you have it tagged as DA300 or K-30? Some of my most viewed photos have the tag 'Helios'. My most viewed was one I submitted to the 'Your Best Shot 2016' group. I get hits on photos of a Hairy Woodpecker at Beaver Lake Nature Center when someone searches the term 'Hairy Beaver'... Last edited by boriscleto; 02-06-2016 at 09:59 PM.

02-07-2016, 08:39 PM	#9
MDavid New Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 17	Interesting question! In 2014 I uploaded a super moon photo: about 1000 views in the first 12 hours... It was tagged as super moon (also in portuguese). Some views after, it was forgotten... Last edited by MDavid; 02-08-2016 at 07:13 PM.

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02-06-2016, 09:51 PM	#2
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,292	Originally posted by bigdavephoto I joined Flickr late part of last year and have been posting photos there. My question is, When you go to Flickr and go to "you", Flickr will show you your photos. In the lower left hand corner is a little eyeball icon with a number besides it. I figured out real quickly that the number is equal to how many views that photo has gotten, but what I want to know is, how can one photo of an album have XX number of views but none of the other photos of that album has any views at all? Basically, what I would like to know is, where did flicker show that one photo so it gathered some views? I know this is an odd question but I think of things like this and wonder. Just for some more info, I have not joined any groups yet, so I know the views didn't come from something like that. I've been using Flickr for a few years now, joined in 2009 and had a pro account for three years. First, I don't recall ever seeing the "eyeball icon but after searching I found it on Camera Roll. If you have "followers" your photos will appear in "people" or the page where you first land in the site. If you go into stats it may show where some of the views are from, for an example, if you share pics from flickr on Pentax Forums you will get views. But I'm not sure I don't see more in stats because of the Pro account, so that may not be a help. Also people do searches on Flickr and can find you photo if you "tag" it. They can also search by camera and lens in some cases. Those stats are not always much help because they often don't name the source. I know I had a couple of photos get quite a few views each day for weeks, some of these were photos that made no sense to be getting a lot of views, like this one which has 2456 views in 27 months: It's one of those pictures you keep to use in "the alphabet game" or something similar. Why the views? I have no clue. I also have over 900 views on a photo of my DA*300 on my K-30 in 25 months. Go figure.

02-06-2016, 10:08 PM	#4
THoog Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: North Carolina Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,685	Searches will also hit on words in titles and descriptions, so Tom's photo (titled "cable") may be getting hits for the name. Or, it could be hits from something like Google's "find similar photos" search. I've had photos get inexplicable numbers of hits because they had "feet" or other words in the description. I would like to think it was people hunting for stock photos, but I also have a "pro" account, and looking at the search strings in the stats view, it was clear it was people feeding their fetishes. I wish they'd get their porn from a proper porn site.

02-06-2016, 10:16 PM	#5
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by THoog Searches will also hit on words in titles and descriptions, so Tom's photo (titled "cable") may be getting hits for the name. Or, it could be hits from something like Google's "find similar photos" search. I've had photos get inexplicable numbers of hits because they had "feet" or other words in the description. I would like to think it was people hunting for stock photos, but I also have a "pro" account, and looking at the search strings in the stats view, it was clear it was people feeding their fetishes. I wish they'd get their porn from a proper porn site. There was a guy who used to post in the Takumar Club, Mike Cash. He posted lots of photos of Japanese dancers. He used to get tons of hits from people searching 'Japanese Woman'... I see he has made all his Flickr photos private and moved to SmugMug...

02-07-2016, 12:58 AM	#6
officiousbystander Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sydney Photos: Gallery Posts: 912	My most popular photo is one of a child store dummy in a Superboy outfit. I tagged it 'cosplay', but only as an experiment. I get the hits but I'm sure there are plenty who are disappointed to not find scantily dressed superheroes. My other popular photos are of a kids party at the Manhattan Superbowl ten pin bowling alley in Mascot, Sydney. These were tagged 'Manhattan Superbowl' and for some reason there was a massive spike in early 2014.

02-07-2016, 02:28 AM	#7
i_trax Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,621	https://www.flickr.com/photos/itrax/8713173206/stats/ my most viewed photo, 10,785 in less than 3 years, nothing special and taken with MX-1 in last 5 years in total: Total 3,396,239 who are those people?

02-07-2016, 06:35 AM	#8
bigdavephoto Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: East central Indiana Photos: Gallery Posts: 893 Original Poster	Thank you for your answers. It seems everybody is just about as confused as I am. It has been suggested may be it is because of tags or name of the photo. That is what makes it funny. The photo that have the views does not have a specific tag on it or a file name that is searchable and the photos that do have specific tags do not have any views. For example the file name (photo name) will read as; IMGP3000_Adj_Shp_Crp_Sm. This how all of my photos are named except for one that I can think of. The photos that have tags on them was an album that I up loaded of photos from the Grand Canyon. I have the tags, Grand Canyon National Park, National Park, and Nature but yet, none of these photos have any views. The tags I have put on my photos is on the album not any specific photo in the album.