Today’s entry comes in the form of a service which Google has turned into a game of sorts. This one comes complete with scoring and public recognition of your contribution to the service.

Google Image Labeler is a word association game in which you, and some unknown, random partner are paired up and shown identical images which you both then describe until you get a match. Once you both label an image using the same term the image changes to another, and so on.

Each pairing only lasts 90 seconds so you need to think, and type, fast. You get 100 points for each match and the highest score I’ve managed so far is 1,000 points. It’s actually quite addictive and it helps Google refine the image search algorithm.