Sep 30 2008

Pixsy, Video and Image Search

by Admin | 2 Comments

I took another brief look at Pixsy today. While I like the search response, and the content sources searched by Pixsy, I'm still not happy with the duplicate videos returned by the system (duplicates of the same video hosted on different systems, or the same videos posted multiple times on a host like YouTube). Test this out by doing a search for a popular company (one that advertises a fair amount) like American Express or Mastercard ... you'll find duplicate videos.

It would be useful for Pixsy to include a checkbox (and yes, I know this would not be a trivial undertaking) allowing the searcher to "opt-out" of the duplicate videos (perhaps also allowing you to set a preferred list of providers). There is much to like about Pixsy, and I'll continue to use them as a source for my video search needs.

More about Pixsy at: http://www.pixsy.com/default.aspx. 

 

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10/8/2008 5:08:12 PM
Chris United States
Hey Larry,

Thanks for the feedback. This "duplicate" issue is something we're trying to resolve. Our primary focus is B2B, where we serve XML feeds from our index containing customized results. For many partners, "customized results" means they're served feeds with results from only certain providers, among other options.

An option to automatically filter out duplicates for simple feeds (e.g. where the only customization is specifying a search phrase or category, for example), such as the ones shown on pixsy.com, is something we're working on.

Again, thanks for the feedback--it's good to hear what consumers think works and what doesn't work

Chris

10/8/2008 7:47:10 PM
Larry United States
Hi Chris:

It is nice to know you're looking at this (not a trivial task ... I know).

Video search is one search niche that needs more innovation. When I consulted for a media monitoring company, video coverage was frequently requested by clients (what we could find, geography, foreign languages, etc.). I suppose the holy grail of video (and audio/radio) search would be the automated translation of the spoken word to text, and perhaps the automated recognition of trademarks, faces, landmarks (I'd love to be able to specify a corporate logo to search ... results would be any "video mentions" of the logo).

Anyway, I'll continue to use Pixsy as a video search tool.

Larry

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