GazoPa

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GazoPa
Type of site
Image search engine
Available inEnglish
URL http://www.gazopa.com/
LaunchedSeptember 10, 2008
Current statusClosed, June 23, 2011

GazoPa [1] was an image search engine that used features from an image to search for and identify similar images which closed [2] in 2011.

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GazoPa began in TechCrunch50 in 2008 before launching into a state of open beta in 2009. [3] GazoPa branched out and released a flower photo community site called "GazoPa Bloom" in 2010. This site was for exploring flower images and, if users need help identifying a flower, uploading images for other people try to identify them.

Both sites closed to the public in 2011 when the company decided to focus on other areas of their business. [4]

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References

  1. "TC50: Gazopa Searches for Images Similar To Other Images". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  2. "GazoPa is going to be shutted down". 2011-06-23. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  3. "Similar Image Search Engine Gazopa Enters Open Beta". TechCrunch. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  4. "GazoPa". GazoPa. 2011-06-24. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2011-06-24.