17. A method performed at least in part on at least one processor, said method comprising: receiving an image to classify, said image being located within a first web page; identifying a plurality of web pages comprising said image by transmitting a search request to a search system and returning said plurality of web pages, the first web page included in said plurality of web pages; identifying a training set of examples from at least one of said web pages, said training set of examples comprising a subset of said text within said plurality of web pages, the subset of said text being classified based on a determination of a measure of proximity to said image, said training set comprising at least one positive example and at least one negative example; training a classifier using said training set, said classifier being a binary classifier; and classifying said text within said plurality of web pages using said classifier to identify a group of text associated with said image.
17. A method performed at least in part on at least one processor, said method comprising: receiving an image to classify, said image being located within a first web page; identifying a plurality of web pages comprising said image by transmitting a search request to a search system and returning said plurality of web pages, the first web page included in said plurality of web pages; identifying a training set of examples from at least one of said web pages, said training set of examples comprising a subset of said text within said plurality of web pages, the subset of said text being classified based on a determination of a measure of proximity to said image, said training set comprising at least one positive example and at least one negative example; training a classifier using said training set, said classifier being a binary classifier; and classifying said text within said plurality of web pages using said classifier to identify a group of text associated with said image. 20. The method of claim 17 , wherein said web page comprises a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document.