Monday, March 27, 2006
Riya photo service can't count
Riya, the online photo service whose widely advertised feature is its face recognition, finally opened its doors to everyone this week.
In just a few days they raced to over a million photos uploaded, though for all I know, they may be several times that by now.
I noticed, that they are obviously indexing (some of) the EXIF data to be found in most digital photos, and was curious as to what makes of camera were most popular.
So, I did a quick set of searches, which gave me the following results
As requested, to help the team at Riya find posts on problems with their service, I'm hereby noting that riyasux.
In just a few days they raced to over a million photos uploaded, though for all I know, they may be several times that by now.
I noticed, that they are obviously indexing (some of) the EXIF data to be found in most digital photos, and was curious as to what makes of camera were most popular.
So, I did a quick set of searches, which gave me the following results
- canon - 25741
- nikon - 21442
- minolta - 19704
- kodak - 25543
- pentax - 18633
- fujifilm - 20008
- olympus - 21259
- 1 - 22899
- 2 - 23429
- 3 - 22329
- 4 - 23200
- 5 - 22226
- 6 - 22590
- 7 - 23133
- 8 - 22937
- 9 - 23876
- 10 - 23060
- 100 - 21954
- 2005 - 21079
- 2006 - 18662
As requested, to help the team at Riya find posts on problems with their service, I'm hereby noting that riyasux.