Have you had a chance to check out the new Google Image Search page? Today Google announced some new changes and if you do your own search, the aesthetic changes are easy to see.
Instead of the meta data showing up under the image result, they appear when you hover over the image. When you click on a thumbnail (which are now larger), it brings you to the page where the image shows up over the original page it appears on. Test it out for yourself to see the new functionality.
Another update to Google Image Search is Search Ads on the results page. If you search for something, you might see sponsored search results, both image and text, above the images returned for your search. For example, a search for “jeans” shows ads for Wrangler and Levis’.
With over 1 billion page views per day on Google’s Image Search, chances are you’ll be seeing these changes on your screen soon.
By the way, if you want a really cool image search product, I’d recommend Cooliris. I use it as an extension on Chrome but you can check out their website to test it out. It’s a really cool visual way to browse images from Google Images, Bing, or even Flickr; the results show up on a scannable infinity wall. Check it out!
Tags: cooliris, Google, google images, search
I just gave Google Image a whirl…I must say, I’m not yet a fan! Maybe I don’t like change, but I liked how all the information used to be flat on the page (not “hidden” like it is now). I also loved seeing the swath of websites that would pop-up with the image search. Now I have to hover over them one by one!
However, I do like that once you click on an image, it takes you to the website directly (well, one random click and you’re out of “google” mode). Used to be that the website would be in frames and you’d have to consciously click “Remove Frames”.
I just discovered this change yesterday when I went online. I’m not sure if I’m a fan or not yet, but I like how the pictures are bigger and there are so many per page. Clicking on the pictures seemed less user friendly to me though. Only time will tell how good this makeover is!