“Google Image Labeler“: gaming…You help to purify Google searches!

By Guidonova on Sep 22, 2008 in Social Marketing, Website Reviews

Hi!

What do you know about Google Image Labeler?

it’s a web game:

You’ll be randomly paired with a partner who’s online and using the feature.
Over a two-minute period, you and your partner will:

* View the same set of images.
* Provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see.
* Receive points (it depends on how specific your label is) when your label matches your partner’s label.
* See more images 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.

but… watch out!

The game is not designed simply for fun. Though the feature is enjoyable for the users, it is also a clever way for Google to ensure that its keywords are matched to correct images. Each matched word will help Google to build an accurate database used when using the Google Image Search.