http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2230241 socialinnovation3.com » Blog Archive » Google Experiments With Next Generation Image Search Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:28:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2230241 [...] of effort on making the metadata around rich content better. One example of this is Google’s Image Labeler game that uses human labor to properly tag images. Innovative, yes. But it’s still trying to [...] [...] of effort on making the metadata around rich content better. One example of this is Google’s Image Labeler game that uses human labor to properly tag images. Innovative, yes. But it’s still trying to [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229412 Google-Powered Work Avoidance: Image Labeler « Burned At Both Ends Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:30:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229412 [...] TechCrunch reports, it’s a variant of the popular ESPgame which does pretty much the same thing, with a [...] [...] TechCrunch reports, it’s a variant of the popular ESPgame which does pretty much the same thing, with a [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229336 TechCrunch en français » Google expérimente la nouvelle génération de recherche d'images Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:37:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229336 [...] afin d’améliorer l’extraction de metadonées dans les images. Un exemple est le ImageLabeler game de Google qui emploie des humains pour tagger correctement les images. Imaginatif certes, mais pas [...] [...] afin d’améliorer l’extraction de metadonées dans les images. Un exemple est le ImageLabeler game de Google qui emploie des humains pour tagger correctement les images. Imaginatif certes, mais pas [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229251 Google Experiments With Next Generation Image Search Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:33:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229251 [...] of effort on making the metadata around rich content better. One example of this is Google’s Image Labeler game that uses human labor to properly tag images. Innovative, yes. But it’s still trying to [...] [...] of effort on making the metadata around rich content better. One example of this is Google’s Image Labeler game that uses human labor to properly tag images. Innovative, yes. But it’s still trying to [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229252 Google Experiments With Next Generation Image Search Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:33:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2229252 [...] of effort on making the metadata around rich content better. One example of this is Google’s Image Labeler game that uses human labor to properly tag images. Innovative, yes. But it’s still trying to [...] [...] of effort on making the metadata around rich content better. One example of this is Google’s Image Labeler game that uses human labor to properly tag images. Innovative, yes. But it’s still trying to [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2063410 TechCrunch en français » TagCow tagge toutes vos photos pour vous...mais comment font-ils? Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:34:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-2063410 [...] Ce n’est pas encore confirmé. J’ai envoyée un email à la société pour en savoir plus mais toujours pas de réponse. Avant de connaître la vérité, je mise sur la solution humaine. A noter que Google utilise aussi ce système pour ce genre de taches. [...] [...] Ce n’est pas encore confirmé. J’ai envoyée un email à la société pour en savoir plus mais toujours pas de réponse. Avant de connaître la vérité, je mise sur la solution humaine. A noter que Google utilise aussi ce système pour ce genre de taches. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-1935136 Facebook Taps Users To Create Translated Versions Of Site. Spanish, French and German Available Now : New Web 2.0 Magazine Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:23:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-1935136 [...] Google has done with image search and Wikipedia has done all along, sometimes it just makes sense to ask you users to do as much work [...] [...] Google has done with image search and Wikipedia has done all along, sometimes it just makes sense to ask you users to do as much work [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-812461 Google Image Labeler « iLEMONed Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:51:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-812461 [...] - via Techcrunch. [...] [...] - via Techcrunch. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-681926 Polar Rose: Europe’s Entrant Into Facial Recognition Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:49:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-681926 [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...] [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-567995 Start-up.co.nz » Due Picture Site set to launch in 2007 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:19:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-567995 [...] It will be hard for Ookles to get real traction against Flickr and the bevy of other photo destination sites around. But I think they may have a chance at success - generating semantic data around images is a huge problem, and people are usually the primary subjects to amateur photos. Any automated process to auto-tag these photos with people’s names will be welcome, and I like the way Ookles is approaching the problem. Flickr is certainly going to have to deal with this at some point, too. [...] [...] It will be hard for Ookles to get real traction against Flickr and the bevy of other photo destination sites around. But I think they may have a chance at success - generating semantic data around images is a huge problem, and people are usually the primary subjects to amateur photos. Any automated process to auto-tag these photos with people’s names will be welcome, and I like the way Ookles is approaching the problem. Flickr is certainly going to have to deal with this at some point, too. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-560110 TechCrunch en français » Polar Rose: un nouvel entrant en Europe dans la reconnaissance faciale Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:41:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-560110 [...] Polar Rose cherche à résoudre un problème qui devient de plus en plus important : “donner du sens” aux photos. A l’absence de données sémantiques (tags), les photos ne sont d’aucune utilité pour fournir des images en résultat lors d’une recherche sur un mot-clé. Google a créé un jeux pour pousser les utilisateurs à mettre des tags sur les photos pour eux. Flickr et certains de ses concurrents font également un bon boulot pour convaincre leurs utilisateurs de tagger leurs photos. Et bien sur le nouveau venu Ookles va bientôt sortir son nouveau produit. Mais l’écrasante majorité des images sur le net n’ont que peu voir pas du tout de données sémantiques associées et ne peuvent pas être répertoriées ce qui veut dire qu’elles sont purement et simplement invisibles. [...] [...] Polar Rose cherche à résoudre un problème qui devient de plus en plus important : “donner du sens” aux photos. A l’absence de données sémantiques (tags), les photos ne sont d’aucune utilité pour fournir des images en résultat lors d’une recherche sur un mot-clé. Google a créé un jeux pour pousser les utilisateurs à mettre des tags sur les photos pour eux. Flickr et certains de ses concurrents font également un bon boulot pour convaincre leurs utilisateurs de tagger leurs photos. Et bien sur le nouveau venu Ookles va bientôt sortir son nouveau produit. Mais l’écrasante majorité des images sur le net n’ont que peu voir pas du tout de données sémantiques associées et ne peuvent pas être répertoriées ce qui veut dire qu’elles sont purement et simplement invisibles. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-558881 Polar Rose: Europe’s Entrant Into Facial Recognition at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:09:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-558881 [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...] [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-558460 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Polar Rose: Europe’s Entrant Into Facial Recognition Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:51:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-558460 [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...] [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-557273 Multimedias.mobi » Ookles To Launch in Early 2007 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:26:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-557273 [...] It will be hard for Ookles to get real traction against Flickr and the bevy of other photo destination sites around. But I think they may have a chance at success - generating semantic data around images is a huge problem, and people are usually the primary subjects to amateur photos. Any automated process to auto-tag these photos with people’s names will be welcome, and I like the way Ookles is approaching the problem. Flickr is certainly going to have to deal with this at some point, too. [...] [...] It will be hard for Ookles to get real traction against Flickr and the bevy of other photo destination sites around. But I think they may have a chance at success - generating semantic data around images is a huge problem, and people are usually the primary subjects to amateur photos. Any automated process to auto-tag these photos with people’s names will be welcome, and I like the way Ookles is approaching the problem. Flickr is certainly going to have to deal with this at some point, too. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-481234 Google Image Labeler Fun - CyberNet News: Keeping you plugged in! Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:20:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-481234 [...] I first read about the Image Labeler when I saw Michael Arrington’s article from TechCrunch come across my feed. This is his take: “I tried the game. It’s fun, in a why-am-I-doing-this kind of way. I focused on labeling everything I saw as ‘purple’ and ‘Donald Trump’. Hopefully if enough other people do this as well, Google will find a better way of labeling photos, possibly one that involves software instead of free labor.”  [...] [...] I first read about the Image Labeler when I saw Michael Arrington’s article from TechCrunch come across my feed. This is his take: “I tried the game. It’s fun, in a why-am-I-doing-this kind of way. I focused on labeling everything I saw as ‘purple’ and ‘Donald Trump’. Hopefully if enough other people do this as well, Google will find a better way of labeling photos, possibly one that involves software instead of free labor.”  [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-361953 Riya’s Like.com Is First True Visual Image Search » JenIT Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-361953 [...] Like.com is image search. There are lots of other image search engines on the web today. But all of them only take queries as text, and compare those text queries to the meta data attached to an image file. This data is notoriously thin, and companies like Google are resorting to using human labor to attempt to add descriptive keywords to images stored on their servers. Even specialty image search engines like Pixsy have fairly thin meta data for images. And all of the existing search engines allow only text for search queries. [...] [...] Like.com is image search. There are lots of other image search engines on the web today. But all of them only take queries as text, and compare those text queries to the meta data attached to an image file. This data is notoriously thin, and companies like Google are resorting to using human labor to attempt to add descriptive keywords to images stored on their servers. Even specialty image search engines like Pixsy have fairly thin meta data for images. And all of the existing search engines allow only text for search queries. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-357030 TechCrunch en français » Riya lance Like.com, le premier vrai moteur de recherche visuel Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:03:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-357030 [...] Like.com est un site de recherche d’image, comme il en existe plein. Mais tous font des recherches textes et comparent ses recherches aux meta-données attachés à ses images. Les méta-données sont faibles et par exemple Google ont recours à la contribution de personnes pour ajouter des descriptions (mots-clés ou tag) aux images stockées sur leurs serveurs. Même les moteurs de recherche d’image spécialisés, comme Pixsy, ont peu des descriptions pour les images et tous sont basés sur des recherches textes. [...] [...] Like.com est un site de recherche d’image, comme il en existe plein. Mais tous font des recherches textes et comparent ses recherches aux meta-données attachés à ses images. Les méta-données sont faibles et par exemple Google ont recours à la contribution de personnes pour ajouter des descriptions (mots-clés ou tag) aux images stockées sur leurs serveurs. Même les moteurs de recherche d’image spécialisés, comme Pixsy, ont peu des descriptions pour les images et tous sont basés sur des recherches textes. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-355040 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Riya’s Like.com Is First True Visual Image Search Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:57:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-355040 [...] Like.com is image search. There are lots of other image search engines on the web today. But all of them only take queries as text, and compare those text queries to the meta data attached to an image file. This data is notoriously thin, and companies like Google are resorting to using human labor to attempt to add descriptive keywords to images stored on their servers. Even specialty image search engines like Pixsy have fairly thin meta data for images. And all of the existing search engines allow only text for search queries. [...] [...] Like.com is image search. There are lots of other image search engines on the web today. But all of them only take queries as text, and compare those text queries to the meta data attached to an image file. This data is notoriously thin, and companies like Google are resorting to using human labor to attempt to add descriptive keywords to images stored on their servers. Even specialty image search engines like Pixsy have fairly thin meta data for images. And all of the existing search engines allow only text for search queries. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-258488 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Helium: click to compare other peoples’ topical writing Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:15:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-258488 [...] Helium takes up a number of different trends we’re seeing around the web, the aggregate one click ranking reminds me of the Google Image Labeler (a game to build search metadata for images) and paying top users for content creation is clearly something many people are interested in. Question and Answer sites are proliferating rapidly, but the structured topics of Helium have a different appeal. [...] [...] Helium takes up a number of different trends we’re seeing around the web, the aggregate one click ranking reminds me of the Google Image Labeler (a game to build search metadata for images) and paying top users for content creation is clearly something many people are interested in. Question and Answer sites are proliferating rapidly, but the structured topics of Helium have a different appeal. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-236825 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:18:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-236825 [...] And many people are tagging audio, video and photo content. YouTube, Flickr and others allow this (and see Google’s efforts to tag photos using humans). Tags help describe the content and are usable by search engines as well as humans. But highest level tags, when they are present, don’t capture all of the content, so a lot is missed. [...] [...] And many people are tagging audio, video and photo content. YouTube, Flickr and others allow this (and see Google’s efforts to tag photos using humans). Tags help describe the content and are usable by search engines as well as humans. But highest level tags, when they are present, don’t capture all of the content, so a lot is missed. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-215853 Google Image Labeler at Shavkatov’s Blog Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:47:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-215853 [...] В игре многое зависит от сообразительности партнера. И если вам попадется Майкл Аррингтон, то используйте в качестве тегов только “purple” and “Donald Trump”. Technorati Tags: google, google image labeler Filed under: IT, Разное   |   Tags: google, google image labeler. [...] [...] В игре многое зависит от сообразительности партнера. И если вам попадется Майкл Аррингтон, то используйте в качестве тегов только “purple” and “Donald Trump”. Technorati Tags: google, google image labeler Filed under: IT, Разное   |   Tags: google, google image labeler. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-205735 le blog des mash-up Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:16:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-205735 [...] Les photos de google sont taguées par des bénévoles, permettant de décrire une image avec des mots clef significatifs, et améliorant à terme la pertinence du moteur de recherche. [...] [...] Les photos de google sont taguées par des bénévoles, permettant de décrire une image avec des mots clef significatifs, et améliorant à terme la pertinence du moteur de recherche. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-203823 Blufr tests your b.s. radar » JenIT Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:32:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-203823 [...] The site comes from Answers.com, though it also accepts user submissions. It’s a great example of a large knowledge base put to use in a compelling way. Who knew that an online dictionary and encyclopedia could be so engaging? I don’t know if Answers is collecting the data they get from the game and putting it to use like the Google Image Labeler is. All of these sorts of services underline why I think the Q and A sites, and their APIs, are more than just a place to get help as an individual. [...] [...] The site comes from Answers.com, though it also accepts user submissions. It’s a great example of a large knowledge base put to use in a compelling way. Who knew that an online dictionary and encyclopedia could be so engaging? I don’t know if Answers is collecting the data they get from the game and putting it to use like the Google Image Labeler is. All of these sorts of services underline why I think the Q and A sites, and their APIs, are more than just a place to get help as an individual. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-194979 accelzone - techie weblog » Blufr tests your b.s. radar Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:29:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-194979 [...] The site comes from Answers.com, though it also accepts user submissions. It’s a great example of a large knowledge base put to use in a compelling way. Who knew that an online dictionary and encyclopedia could be so engaging? I don’t know if Answers is collecting the data they get from the game and putting it to use like the Google Image Labeler is. All of these sorts of services underline why I think the Q and A sites, and their APIs, are more than just a place to get help as an individual. [...] [...] The site comes from Answers.com, though it also accepts user submissions. It’s a great example of a large knowledge base put to use in a compelling way. Who knew that an online dictionary and encyclopedia could be so engaging? I don’t know if Answers is collecting the data they get from the game and putting it to use like the Google Image Labeler is. All of these sorts of services underline why I think the Q and A sites, and their APIs, are more than just a place to get help as an individual. [...]

]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-194948 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Blufr tests your b.s. radar Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:22:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/01/google-image-labeler/#comment-194948 [...] The site comes from Answers.com, though it also accepts user submissions. It’s a great example of a large knowledge base put to use in a compelling way. Who knew that an online dictionary and encyclopedia could be so engaging? I don’t know if Answers is collecting the data they get from the game and putting it to use like the Google Image Labeler is, but I can imagine that the MySpace widget could dredge up some information that marketers would like to get their hands on. All of these sorts of services underline why I think the Q and A sites, and their APIs, are more than just a place to get help as an individual. [...] [...] The site comes from Answers.com, though it also accepts user submissions. It’s a great example of a large knowledge base put to use in a compelling way. Who knew that an online dictionary and encyclopedia could be so engaging? I don’t know if Answers is collecting the data they get from the game and putting it to use like the Google Image Labeler is, but I can imagine that the MySpace widget could dredge up some information that marketers would like to get their hands on. All of these sorts of services underline why I think the Q and A sites, and their APIs, are more than just a place to get help as an individual. [...]

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