Facebook Makes Photo Tagging Easier

Photo tagging has gotten easier on Facebook, and it couldn't have happened at a better time: the site averages 100 million tags per day.

Photo tagging is getting a much needed improvement on Facebook, and it couldn’t have happened at a better time: the site averages 100 million tags per day.

That number could go up with Facebook’s new tagging suggestions feature, coming out in the next few weeks starting with members in the U.S. The preview screenshot tells that proverbial 1,000 words:

You can already see how much easier photo tagging will get — no more keying in the same names over and over again.

Facial recognition software akin to what you might find in Photoshop will compare newly uploaded images with those already tagged on the site.

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