Dear Envato! Please, bring back old search algorithm!

I don’t know for sure how the search algorithm can perfectly work cause i am not specialist in this question it is must be difficult issue i believe so. But what i’m asking just to bring back an old one search algorithm which was so predictable for my expectations and brought good exposure for new tracks and good predictable income. 2 month ago with old search engine i knew for sure if i’ll produce music, work hard full-time and upload constantly i’ll get sales. But now it is no longer work for me. Sure, may be somebody happy with new search engine but as i read forum i suppose that i am not alone in this issue.

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How many times do we have to BEG for the same thing before they simply listen to us? I like everyone else have watched my sales drop by over 80% now. At what point do our opinions matter?

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The funny thing is: Two old men sitting on a beach and one turns to the other and says, “Nice out isn’t it?”, the other old man then replies, “Yes - I think I shall take mine out”. Search…do not know anything about it.

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+1 for old one! Best wishes, MotionAudio !

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It seems like two figure sales are missing in the search… Lots of low sales and high.

-1 for old search, I like the new one :grinning:

Well… i’m not really has “sells” here, but yeah, last time i did a track, and no sales, no views, nothing.

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+1 for the old SE

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personal experience and personal opinion:
I have not noticed a decrease in sales. But I noticed that my most recent works are sold less and have less visibility (with some exceptions) and are bought quite often my old work.

I think this as a bad thing because usually a designer improve with time and create better material that should be better exploited.

Maybe it’s just a matter of time, now maybe it just takes more time before a file begins to sell frequently

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+1 for old one!

Standing still is going backwards. Don’t know the right translation of this saying. Not the old one, but also not the new one.

It is fun to see on those who supported @soundroll now whining about new search algrorithm. It’s not the first such thread, right?
The problem of old search enginge should be solved not by such catastrophic engine tweaks, which we have here right now, but: limited submissions, really strict reviewers and wide market without some special domination and forcing authors to make uber-insprish-motivational stuff. Plus, perhaps painful, but necessary decision as removing the large number of items.
I hope Envato will realize this one day, before it is too late.

be afraid of your wishes

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Very true words

Everytime I put a new item, it s sold one or two times…
Which is not worse than before…

it’ll be catastriphic loss of money. I mean, for envato. They sell whatever sells, it’s market saturation.

+1 @soundroll a lot of authors supported your thread. What are your thoughts about the new search engine? How has it been for you?

Surely, everyone must realize that the goal is to MAXIMIZE sales for the entire site. They don’t keep algorithms that clearly lower overall sales. Nothing will make everyone happy. It’s impossible.

Envato will choose:

• Keep top sellers happy - focus sales on a low number of big sellers. Newcomers and low sellers will complain. They keep the big boys/girls as exclusive sellers and can use this in marketing.

• Keep the majority reasonably happy - this means TAKE sales from the top sellers and distribute more evenly for everyone. No one will make $10k a month, but more people will sell a little bit more. Naturally, top sellers will not like this. They will go non-exclusive and Envato will be like all the other marketplaces out there.

• Anything in between.

You can’t have the cake and eat it. If you absolutely want your new track called “Corporate” to be a top seller, you will kick out the previous “Corporate” top seller in the search. And then when the next new “Corporate” rolls in, it will take your place.

I think you’re wasting a lot of time complaining instead of making music and adapting. Envato won’t implement search changes (or keep them for very long) that lower overall sales. That is pretty obvious.

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+1 for old search algorithm one more time!

+1 for old one

+1 for the old one.