Google bought visual search app maker Plink. Plink Art identifies artwork information based on a photograph.
Plink Art had 50,000 users in just
four short weeks,. Plink Art will continue to be available for download and work
as it currently does today. Plink Art allows users to browse by timeline, movement or gallery, or just hit random and let
Plink surprise you. They is also a social networking wall.
It appears that the Plink platform will be merged into Google
Goggles, so you'll see the new functionality appearing there in the
future.
Plink is based in the U.K. financial terms
of the deal were not disclosed. The Mona Lisa come out on top of their artist search list.
The Plink blog notes " However, visual search is about more than just art, and we think this
is gradually going to become a natural component of more general search
engines. Just like with our painting rankings, it's going to help people
find all sorts of things that aren't so easy to get to with text alone.
That's what keeps us excited about building visual search engines. That
and the fact that it's a lot of fun!"