Social Image Search

 The social tag is hot now a days, every product is trying to get associated with it. The general trend is to have a  like button and you are social. That debate is for another post today we talk about Image Search with a social touch.

 When we do a image search in Google, Yahoo or Bing and type Priyanka, then you are bound to hit Priyanka chopra (if you are in India). But what if you actually meant a friend Priyanka. Search engines have no clue what you are talking about unless you give that information to it. You give exact name Priyanka XYZ still chances are low you will get exact result.

 Your social life information rests with the social networking sites Facebook, Orkut (some say its dead), Google Plus etc. The Social Image Search is going to come from one of those or Search giants will have to partner with them. Lets see how it develops.

 Till then I have a prototype with me as how it might work (Please bear with the dull UI still a prototype).

http://lazybuds.com/socialimagesearch/index.php

How it works:

1. As you click on the link it asks for your permission to access your friends list and photographs. Don't worry it does not save any of those information.
2. In the search you can type your friends name to select. 
3. Once selected it appears below with a remove icon with it. 
4. You can have multiple friends searched together. If there is a photo of them together it will find you else it will return individual photos.

Note: Photo search is entirely based on tagging. So you may not get the best result.

 I am not sure how best the user interface should be designed. Looking forward to your suggestions.