Metacafe has invited users to edit video tags, titles and descriptions -- wiki style -- in hopes that it will help improve the search service. The idea is that if users take a more active role in weeding out irrelevant tags and help stomp out tag abuse, they will ultimately benefit from better search results and video recommendations.
"A video with incomplete or inaccurate metadata is like a book without a cover -- you don’t know what it's about, which shelf it belongs on, or who's most likely to enjoy it," said Eyal Hertzog, founder and chief creative officer for Metacafe, in a prepared statement.
The new feature, called Wikicafe, will also let users translate titles, tags and descriptions into Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian and Spanish.
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