Google Images
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| URL | images.google.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Image Search Engine |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | multilingual (~100) |
| Owner | Google Inc. |
| Created by | Miss Egremont |
| Launched | July 2001 |
| Current status | Active |
Google Images is a search service created by Google that allows users to search the Web for image content. The feature was introduced in July 2001.[1] The keywords for the image search are based on the filename of the image, the link text pointing to the image, and text adjacent to the image. When searching for an image, a thumbnail of each matching image is displayed. When the user clicks on a thumbnail, the image is displayed in a box over the website that it came from. The user can then close the box and browse the website, or view the full-sized image.
In early 2007 Google implemented an updated user interface for the image search, where information about the image, such as resolution and URL, was hidden until the user moved the mouse over the thumbnail.[2] This was discontinued after a few weeks.
On July 20, 2010, Google updated the user interface again, hiding image details until mouse over, like before.[3] This feature can be disabled by pressing "Ctrl + End" on one's keyboard and clicking "Switch to basic version".
On October 27, 2009, Google Images added a feature to its image search that can be used to find similar images.[4][5][6]
In 2001, 250 million images were indexed. In 2005, this grew to 1 billion. By 2010, the index reached 10 billion images.[7] The service gets over one billion page views a day, as of July 2010.[8] Google introduced a sort by subject feature for a visual category scheme overview of a search query in May 2011.[9]
In October 2011, Google Images began to allow for reverse image searches directly in the image search-bar (that is, without a third-party add on, such as the one previously available for Mozilla Firefox). This feature allows users to search by dragging and dropping an image into the search-bar, uploading an image, selecting a URL, or 'right-clicking' on an image.[10]
[edit] See also
- Google search
- List of Google products
- Google Image Labeler
- Picsearch
- Yahoo Image Search
- Bing Images
- Image search
[edit] References
- ^ Zipern, Andrew. "A Quick Way to Search For Images on the Web." New York Times. 12 July 2001. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ Updated Google Images UI
- ^ Google Image Search Gets an Overhaul
- ^ Similar Images graduates from Google Labs
- ^ Google launches ‘similar images’ search tool
- ^ A new feature in Google image search for searching similar images
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- ^ [2]
- ^ Eric Mack (10). "Google Wins the War Against Bing Images". PCWorld Communications, Inc.. http://www.pcworld.com/article/227563/google_wins_the_war_against_bing_images.html. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Search by Image · Inside Google Search". Google Search. http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- Google Image Search website
- Google Image Labeler Beta
- The Official Google Blog
- Google Image Slideshow
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