Improved appearance on Image Search

Jan 24, 2007 08:56 GMT  ·  By

Besides the main search engine provided by Google, the company also allows you to search for all kinds of features including jobs, videos, blog posts and even flight information. One of the most important functions offered by the same search engine is the image search ability that helps you find certain pictures using the power of the Google Search technology. Although there are a lot of services that were designed to offer especially image search capabilities, Google's Image Search is one of the most used solutions on the internet because it uses the same technology as the most known search service.

Recently, the search giant introduced a new way to improve the image search function that will connect two users and then require them to write a name for the picture and the description of the object shown in the photo. This way, Google tries to use one of the most used SEO techniques for images that say you must select a name according to the subject of the picture.

Some time ago, the company presented a new interface for the Image Search service that seemed to be a test because after a while, it was unavailable on all Google domains. Today, the same interface that provides you more information about the picture when you move your cursor on it is available again and looks like the final version because it is available for all Google languages.

Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped identified the new change and posted a message on the official blog to discuss the possibility of being a test or the final version.

"I'm not sure when exactly this happened, but Google seems to have gone live with the redesigned Google Image search results they've been experimenting with for some time. Now instead of seeing the file name, dimensions, size and URL, you'll only be getting some "context-aware" snippet below the image. If you hover over the image, the image's the size & dimensions and its domain appear dynamically.

While the new design removes some stuff you don't always look for in image results, and the context snippet is helpful, in my opinion Google went a little too far: they should've kept the domain info, as it's too important to only appear on hover. (Besides, always showing the domain info puts more emphasis on giving credit where credit is due)," he said.