Google Image Labeler
by Leion on Feb.17, 2007, under Technology, Web
Google has done it again.
Innovating. This time they come up with a game. A user/player can just log in and label some random pictures taken from sites that Google bot crawls. Some random player will be shown the same picture. If the 2 players labeled the picture with a same keyword, then points will be awarded to both the players.
In Google’s words:
You’ll be randomly paired with a partner who’s online and using the feature. Over a 90-second period, you and your partner will be shown the same set of images and asked to provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see. When your label matches your partner’s label, you’ll earn some points and move on to the next image until time runs out. After time expires, you can explore the images you’ve seen and the websites where those images were found. And we’ll show you the points you’ve earned throughout the session.
This means there will be humans labelling the pictures with keywords. The keywords will be somewhat accurate because the 2 players are randomly chosen and for them to come up with identical keywords, the keywords chosen must be related to the picture. Points system will get some gamers addicted. They will play again and again and again, with the aim of getting the highest score. and a name in the rank list.
This means free work done for Google. Google will get more accurate image labels for free. Labelers will get their fun trying to climb up rank.
Win Win situation. Google and Google searchers.
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