Blogdimension’s alternative image search : for those who like to get something different out of the Web!
Blogdimension is clearly targeting the idea of becoming one among the leading multimedia search engines. Today, Blogdimension users can already carry out searches for various types of Web 2.0 resources: blogs, microblogs (Twitter, Tumblr, Jaiku, etc.), forums, online news feeds…
In addition one can typically find multimedia resources via Blogdimension. We have talked much about Blogdimension’s audio & podcast and online video searches in previous posts. You remember that Blogdimension actually links to a unique range of online video sharing services. YouTube, Dailymotion, CNN, Blip.tv, Brightcove, Wat.tv (France), 6rooms (China), tu.tv (Spain), Sevenload (Germany) are just some of them…
But we still have not communicated much about Blogdimension’s image search module. Let us explain what is it all about!
Many search engines propose an image search function. But the originality of Blogdimension’s one is that its index of images derives exclusively from the blogs and other syndicated sources scanned by our robots and indexed in our data bases.
Since we do not index the vast general web most of the images you find on Blogdimension are really different and probably more original. Indeed, bloggers are very choosy and tend usually to pick the best images and photos they find to illustrate their blogs. So you will frequently get first class pictures of a product or a celebrity. Sometimes you can also find amazing or disconcerting caricatures or unseen personal drawings.
The other interesting thing is the relationship existing between the keyword and the images retrieved by the image search module. Surprisingly, you can find a picture of “Steve Jobs” when you search for “Bill Gates” for example. As if these two personalities were closely connected (friends or enemies?). Or if you search for “global warming” you can also find pictures of “Robert Redford”. It’s always interesting to see how the bloggers create the relationships and oppositions between things on their blogs.
Blogdimension’s image search enables you not only to find the pictures or photos selected by the bloggers but you can also leap to images that you did not searched for right away. So you can also find related or alternative links.
This richness and diversity of images exists because the bloggers are passionate people and they tend to create their own relationship (tags) between the images and the words. They do it often in a different manner than the professionals from the media. Searching images in Blogdimension is really experiencing an alternative way of getting informed. Try to search for countries, celebrities or concepts (freedom, democracy, justice…)! You will feel how these things are perceived by the bloggers. You can feel the pulse and the beat of the blogosphere through the images.
The blogosphere is the place where all the human feelings converge: joy, humor, passions, hope but also disappointment, bitterness, frustration and sometimes excessive visions of the world.
Try Blogdimension’s image search! You will see the difference.
Thanks for your support.
The Team
