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Google Image Labeler
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Google Image Labeler Here's your chance to work for Google... Or rather, volunteer. Google recently unveiled a new service (if you can call it that) called Google Image Labeler, which pairs you up with one other random person on the internet to try and add labels to random images.

It goes a little something like this: You start each round with a new parter and 2:00 minutes on the clock; Google delivers the same picture to both of you. You both type in as many adjectives (labels) about that image that you can think of with seemingly unlimited guesses. When you and your partner both type the same description, you are awarded points and move on to the next picture. After the 2:00 minutes is up, you are given your points total and the ability to start a new round.

Google will undoubtedly use the results from these "trivia" games to enhance it's image search results. It never fails to amaze me just how innovative Google can be in coming up with creative ways to enhance the accuracy of their search results.

After all, why pay an army of programmers to come up with a near-impossible image-detection software when you can turn it into a trivia-game and have people all over the world participate for free?

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