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Google Image Labeler: A hive-mind "game" from Google
It's easy to see how this benefit's Google's index: If two randomly-selected people happen to enter the same keyword for the same image, it's a pretty good bet that it's an accurate keyword for that image. This is a pretty smooth move on Google's part, harnessing the brainpower of bored Google fans to do what computers can't currently do well--glean meaningful data from images. If Google can get--and keep--enough people playing the game, it could really strengthen their image search offering.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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72Wolf- said 5:25PM on 9-01-2006
Apparently not everyone speaka da engrish very well.
After 12:30pm last night, I had partners that wanted to pass on pictures of little old ladies. Pictures where "man" ended up being the matching word.
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Bryan Bartow said 5:38PM on 9-01-2006
This is nothing new. ESP Game has been doing this for a while. Interesting concept, but how do you get people to keep playing after the novelty wears off?
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Adam said 6:50PM on 9-01-2006
Well I made it to #4 and #28 overall and I'm done, look for Adam :)
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blabla said 6:26AM on 9-02-2006
they should seriously change this to allow players to select their language when they start. how i am supposed to guess when people are speaking spanish or are calling football "soccer"?
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Mustang said 7:56PM on 9-02-2006
Sounds like a great idea. I'm off to try it out for myself.
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isulong seoph said 1:10PM on 9-04-2006
It looks like google has finally noticed how poweful tagging/labeling image is, just like what Yahoo! Flickr has been doing.
But what are those earned points for? Maybe google should convert this points that players can use to keep them playing.
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