Comments on: It’s not just about Zemanta (but z-ta is cool)

By: Zemanta | Zach Beauvais Online

Zemanta | Zach Beauvais Online — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:14:09 +0000

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By: outrageously

outrageously — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:16:15 +0000

outrageously says : I absolutely agree with this !

By: tomaltman

tomaltman — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:15 +0000

Annette – I agree and disagree. (Of course)

I agree that zemanta is not perfect – but the concept is killer. And, it is getting better – the new interface is helpful (including zoom picture to preview better)

As far as the latte picture – I did have it up, then I made a couple of edits and found the software on the shelves picture a better match – so it may be my fault vs. zemanta.

Plus I think the resources (places zemanta can search) is what may be holding them back. Also – they rely on the tags and information the service they leverage has provided.

But as we move forward and more meta data is attached to more content…it certainly makes this type od data mining possible.

Good stuff!

By: Jure Cuhalev

Jure Cuhalev — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:47:29 +0000

Zemanta as SaaS, I like it. We haven’t used this buzzword about it yet, but it makes sense. If you want, you can also call us BJAX we app – Browser Extension + Ajax, as we use firefox extension as delivery vehicle

@Annette: quite possibly. We’re still figuring out different blogging styles and tweaking our engine to work best. I’ll ask our engineers to take a look at the posts in your blog and try to improve image relevance.

With this new update you get more pictures, so you get more to choose. In general we recommend that you observe our suggestions as they arrive, and then use them as you see appropriate as we don’t automatically insert our suggestions without your approval.

Jure Cuhalev, Zemanta – jure@zemanta.com

By: Annette Schulte

Annette Schulte — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:10:36 +0000

OK, I like Zemanta, too, but frankly, I’m not all that impressed with its photo suggestions. Relevance (a kissing cousin of context) is key, and Zemanta has been hit and miss in my experience. Perhaps there’s a trick to it that I haven’t bothered to learn? Your two posts seem to support my argument, Tom. The Zemanta-found photo here is OK, but vwtom’s latte pic is off-kilter.