Snap Image Search

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

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Search engine Snap launched an image search feature today. The results are no better than that offered by the big guys, but Snap’s unique two column interface is something that some users find to be really cool. The problem with the lack of available photo meta data to assist with queries continues to plague all search engines, of course, leading to less than great results. It will be interesting to see if some of the new services launching, such as Polar Rose, can help by partnering with them and leveraging user generated descriptive data. More on Snap here.

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