Google Image Labeler beta

[mandy]

Google Image Labeler, a new feature of Google Image Search that allows you to label random images to help improve the quality of Google's image search results.

How does it work?
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.

For example, this image can be described by the labels: bird, sky, soaring, or frigate bird.

What is required to participate?
Just an interest in helping Google improve the relevance of image search results for users like yourself. Although you do not have to log in to your Google account to help, logging in will allow you to keep track of your points. You can also choose to provide a nickname, or you can remain anonymous.

more info: http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/

[BellisimaJ.]

Not sure why someone would waste valuable time on this, except as a community service type of project. Even so, I could think of much more meaningful C. service projects to spend my time on.

Also, I would really like to know what the heck the points are for.

There is no explanation of their purpose/value in the article, just a little chart posting the point results for the so-altruistic people who have thus far participated in this exercise. :

[regic]

a little chart posting the point results

That is the reason why people participate,  They'll be able tell their grandkids some day that they made the chart.  ;D

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=regic link=topic=5003.msg22256#msg22256 date=1157296748]

a little chart posting the point results

That is the reason why people participate,  They'll be able tell their grandkids some day that they made the chart.  ;D
[/quote]

That's what I was thinking. 

PS//we need a shaking head smiley.

[rose]

The leader has 1277400 points  :blinkie:
The leader has no life. 

[amy]

I'll pass.  I have a life.