Yahoo!: Local Tags, Collections & Photos
Your Local Tags, Collections & Photos
""September 14th, 2006
Are
you ready to shoot, tag, upload, and collect? The latest Yahoo Local
features - released today - will allow our users to start organizing
their world in a whole new way. Here’s how:
- Everyone gets tags
– well – maybe not everyone, but anyone who’s reading this blog. We
think tagging is a great way for users to organize Local content for
themselves, and for everyone else. - While tags may just say one word, pictures say a thousand words!
Now you can upload photos into any local content. Show the world what
food you’re eating, or how good that plumber’s service really is. - If a picture says a thousand words, how many might a collection say? Collections are groupings of anything you want….could be California Beach Towns…could be Seattle Sites and Sounds…could be Chicago’s Cuisine Scene. We think this is going to be a great way for you get even more out of Yahoo! Local.
Bringing it all together, a new “Dashboard†helps you get back to
saved ratings & reviews or collections. The dashboard also gives
recommendations on places you might like based on your existing ratings
& reviews.""
This all sounds very interesting and a good idea, I can't help but wonder how badly being able to upload images to any local listing will be abused. I can just see a dentist getting images uploaded onto their Yahoo Local listing with a quote of "Look what they did to me!" and a picture of some hillbilly with 2 teeth left or something.
Maybe I am just misinterpreting how this all works, but it sounds like how it is intended. I do like the idea of the Tagging and images in general though.