Why do some SecondLife snapshots/photographs get over 2k of views on Flickr and some end up having only twelve? Are they really that bad? No! Just look at Phinn Boffin’s awesome picture ‘Angel‘. This awesome photograph has had only 31 views in more then four months time. Yes, the Flickr Universe is that injust! ;)

Flickr has invented a horrible punishment called ‘Not In Public Site Areas‘, or shortly put: NIPSA. They reckon we are uploading ‘not photos’, ’screenshots’ and that some of us are even uploading snapshots that are ‘inappropriate for public areas’ or that ‘display full frontall nudity’. Booohooo!
Anyway, if you’ve been NIPSA’d by Flickr, there is nothing that you can do about it except complain and sob. Complain doesn’t help, not even if you have a payed account. The effect of the NIPSA/ban will be that your Flickr contacts can still see your pictures, but they will not show up on the main site and in group pools if the person viewing the photographs is not a member of that Flickr group.
Flickr staff say they are working on a ‘content filtering’ system that is high priority, but no further information about how it will work or when it will go public is released.

But let’s assume Flickr still thinks you’re a nice person and did not NIPSA you. Then this are some things I’ve discovered increase the view rate:

• Naked Avie Flesh, preferable female. It didn’t come as a suprise to me that my two best ranking photographs contain uncovered breasts. Work well too: shiny, oiled skins and short skirts, huge minimally covered breasts and long legs.
• If there’s one group you need to submit your pictures to it’s the Second Life Flickr group. The latest pictures from this group’s pool are shown on SecondLife.com’s media page as well as on blog.secondlife.com. That is, if you are not NIPSA’d. Do post when the grid is down as then a lot of people seem turn to clicking those pictures to get their daily dose of SecondLife. Remember that as this group pool is shown on the official SL site, you can only post PG stuff!
• Close up action! Preferably an action that involves kissing and other foreplay stuff, hugging, posing really sexy, … . We are all curious about other people avies, what they do and how they feel. A photograph depecting a strong feeling of emotion, or that has an obvious sense of action in it will score better. It’s even better when the pictures is taken up close, as we are all voyeurist after all.
• Is this possible within SL?! Bright, saturated colors, strong shadows, reflections, twin avies and images that are clearly post-processed do well too. The say bloody shots work great too.
• Be original. Do not take photograph number 5658 that has the back of your avie in it, but hover your camera around, try some different angles, watch your composition. Take advantage of the fact that there are no limits as to where you place your camera in SL.
• Tag your snapshots. You have a hawt lady-avie in your photograph? Well, then tag them ‘beauty’ and ’sexy’ for instance. A nice beach scene? ’sunset’, ‘beach’ and ‘romantic’ will make great tags. This way the photographs will show up when people search for those tags. And we all know what’s searched for most on the internet - besides Paris Hilton, maybe. :d Consider adding a (relevant) description too. Search engines look at that too to ‘label’ the picture.
• Square Size 75×75 is the thumbnail format the pictures will show up in on SL’s official site. So pictures that still look interesting in that size are more likely to be clicked upon.

If you have knowledge I don’t have or totally disagree on this, feel free to comment.

This list is just about views. As for fav’s and comments I can only give you this advice: be nice, comment on other people’s pictures, join groups, take good shots, … . ;)

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