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About Us Contact Us |
Our Company -- Ditto.com
is a leading visual search engine. Ditto enables people to navigate the Web
through pictures. It is far easier for people to find what they are looking for
when they are looking at it! Pictures are fun, fast and intuitive. The premise behind our company is twofold; deliver highly relevant thumbnail images AND the highly relevant web sites underlying these images. In accomplishing this task we have compiled the largest searchable index of visual content on the internet via proprietary processes. These are accessible on our standalone web site or via the web sites of our Visual Search Partners. Our Market -- The internet is increasingly becoming a visual medium as millions of images are being posted by businesses, schools, organizations and individuals. Visuals provide a unique and well-understood method of accessing information around the world. In addition to providing more relevant information for many searches, visual searching is often more intuitive, interesting and enjoyable to work with than traditional based text search engines. Therefore, as more information is displayed visually, there is a greater need to enhance traditional text-based searches with visually enhanced search. That is where we come in. Market research reveals that experienced Internet users, when exposed to visual search, have an extremely positive response and would refer the site to their friends at a rate substantially above average. Our Business -- Our web site is a hugely popular destination for visual searching among all age groups, offering advertisers the opportunity to reach their audiences with targeted keyword or category placement. Additionally, our search technology is offered commercially to other sites through licensing partnerships in what we term our "Visual Search Partnerships". Our Technology -- We believe relevancy is the key difference in our technology, and the following 3 elements are equally important in the overall makeup of that technology: Indexing: We identify websites containing media via our automated crawler. We then select, rank, weight, filter and rate pictures, illustrations, clipart, photographs, drawings and other image-related material. Next, we index the images from these websites. Finally, these results are ranked and displayed in order of relevance. Relevance: In order to achieve an exceptional level of relevance to a user’s search, we have developed a proprietary filtering process that combines sophisticated automated filtering with human editors. Verification: Highly relevant results require ongoing maintenance. We continually review current images and links to ensure that our database contains accurate and up-to-date results. |
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Ditto provides visual search of the web using pictures.
Users are linked to the originating web site on which the pictures are
located. Should you wish to use any picture, photo or artwork you see during
the search process, you must obtain the appropriate permission from the owner
of the material.
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