What are keywords?

Why should I use them?

How can trefwoorden help me?




trefwoorden are tags that u place on the content u bevestig to Fanpop so that other fans can find it. u don't need to use a lot of them, just the relevant ones. You'll want to use words that describe what's in the content. Who is in it, what episode it's from, etc.

Example:

This example is very simple. It's an icoon from the toon Supernatural [keyword], the subject is Dean [keyword], it's from episode 4x18 [keyword] 'The Monster at the End of This Book' [keyword].

It's also sometimes helpful to say what kind of image it is. For icons, wallpapers, fanart and screencaps it's unnecessary because there are already categories that will sort that for you. But episode stills and promotional foto's all just end up in the foto section.

Example:

The above image is a little meer detailed. It's from the toon Supernatural [keyword], the subject is Meg [keyword], the actress is Rachel Miner [keyword], it's from episode 6x10 [keyword] 'Caged Heat' [keyword] and it's an episode still [keyword].
In this image I put the actress's name because meer than one actress has depicted this character.

Batch uploading

If u are uploading several iconen at once, please make sure that your trefwoorden are relevant to each image in the batch.

Example:
These two iconen were uploaded in the same batch, they have the same keywords. But not all of the trefwoorden are relevant to each image. They are both from the episode 'All Dogs Go to Heaven' but obviously both Sam and Dean are not in both of these icons. They should have been uploaded separately. One in a batch of 6x08 Dean icons, the other in a batch of 6x08 Sam icons.










Let's talk about why u should use trefwoorden and how they can help u and your fellow fans.

trefwoorden help make your content searchable. If you're looking for something specific [an episode, character of type of image], trefwoorden will help u find it.

Example:
Let's say that u were going to make a pick about Dean in the Supernatural episode 'The Monster at the End of This Book'. u wanted to put relevant iconen on the options. In theory, the best way to find those relevant iconen would be to use the 'Search Club' bar in the Supernatural Spot. u would type in Dean, The Monster at the End of this Book and/or 4x18, then choose 'images' > 'icons'.

This image has Dean in it and is from 4x18. It might be perfect for your pick. But it has no trefwoorden at all. It would not toon up in any search, no matter what u typed into the zoek bar. It is essentially nonexistent. Unless u happened to see this icoon when it was first uploaded and showed on the front page, you'll never see it [unless of course it's reuploaded door someone else but that's a whole other issue].



This image has Dean in it and is from 4x18. But the only trefwoord it has is Supernatural. Which makes it pretty useless. Why would u go to the Supernatural spot and type Supernatural into the zoek bar? The only reason to use Supernatural in the trefwoord section is for outside zoek engines [ie Google] to be able to find it. It should never be the only keyword.

This image has Dean in it, is from 4x18 and has all the trefwoorden necessary for u to find it! Out of the the thousands of iconen that have been added to the Supernatural spot- u found the one u needed! That is the whole point of keywords. That is why they should be used with every image. Otherwise, you're just uploading air. The whole point of Fanpop is to gather content together and share it with your fellow fans. If they never see it, you're not sharing it.




trefwoorden would also help cut down on repeat content. If everyone used trefwoorden and if everyone used the zoek bar to check to see if something has already been added [promotional foto's especially!], then there wouldn't be near as many of the same afbeeldingen uploaded over and over and over again. I realize that's a lot to hope for but I figured I'd mention it because that is one of the ways that trefwoorden could be useful.






I also want to give some tips on how to trefwoord videos. It's the same as the afbeeldingen but since there are no subcategories for videos like there are for images, it's meer important to say what kind of video it is. Is it a fanvid? An interview? Special features? Gag reel? A scene? A promo?
Since most of the videos added tend to be fanvids, trefwoorden that let people know what kind of video it is can be really helpful for those searching for non-fanvids.




Adding trefwoorden is incredibly simple. All u have to do is take a moment to think about what you're uploading and what u would type into the zoek bar if u wanted to find it. It doesn't take that much time and is simple common courtesy.



I know that most of the people who will read this artikel already know the importance of trefwoorden and use them. However, I think it might be helpful if we all pass this artikel along. Post linken to it in spots that have poor trefwoord usage. Try to educate as many people as possible to why they should use keywords. Maybe we can see an improvement.