YouTube Labs: Test Tube to test smart topics
YouTube will turn on an experiment in TestTube, its lab, in which users will be able to see what the company is calling "topics" above videos they find through search results or that are shared among friends.
"People don't know what to search for because they don't know what's there," Nandy said, referring to how Internet search and video search are two different problems.
When you search on Google, you're generally looking for a defined result, you just don't know where it's located. But when you're looking to be entertained, and you search for something like "funny videos," how is YouTube supposed to know what is actually funny, and what is merely stupid yet was labeled "funny lol!" by some user?
To try and solve that problem, YouTube has decided to put these "topics" front and center on videos as to evaluate how they are used.
"We're really creating a language of discovery," Nandy said. It's not clear when YouTube might be ready to bring this into wider distribution, but those interested in checking it out should be able to opt into the program tonight at TestTube.
Source: Cnet
"People don't know what to search for because they don't know what's there," Nandy said, referring to how Internet search and video search are two different problems.
When you search on Google, you're generally looking for a defined result, you just don't know where it's located. But when you're looking to be entertained, and you search for something like "funny videos," how is YouTube supposed to know what is actually funny, and what is merely stupid yet was labeled "funny lol!" by some user?
To try and solve that problem, YouTube has decided to put these "topics" front and center on videos as to evaluate how they are used.
"We're really creating a language of discovery," Nandy said. It's not clear when YouTube might be ready to bring this into wider distribution, but those interested in checking it out should be able to opt into the program tonight at TestTube.
Source: Cnet
Replies
You are reading an archived discussion.
Related Posts
NVIDIA® today announced the latest consumer GPU based on the NVIDIA® Fermi architecture, the GeForce® GTX 580, which has been reengineered from the transistor-level up to deliver increased power efficiency...
A new development in virtual cameras at the University of Abertay Dundee is developing the pioneering work of James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar using a Nintendo Wii-like motion controller - all...
Hello CE'ers,
We have a building where the power trips whenever the load exceeds 400 amps. I have been asked to create a scheduel to shed some of the loads...
I need specifications / standards for ristriction and intergral orifice plate,
Gift a
CAREERat Globallogic to your friends.
And they might never stop being grateful
Can there be a better gift than a career with Asia 's No. 1 Employer in...