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A new look for Google's image search
The Internet search giant announced on Wednesday that its image search service now delivers over a billion page views a day from an index of over 10 billion images. With that kind of volume, the company says it’s now time for a makeover.
By Eric Olander (text)
Google announced on Wednesday that almost ten years after it launched its image search service, it is time for a makeover. When the company debuted image search in 2001, a meagre 250 million images were indexed. Today, according to the company's official blog, there are more than 10 billion images now available on Google.
Every day, the company serves over a billion page views of image searches alone. With that kind of volume, the company says it is time to upgrade the service with both a redesign of the service's look and technical enhancements. The new changes will reportedly differentiate among subtle differences within the search results to help find the precise image the user is looking for.
"We not only find images for pretty much anything you type in; we can also instantly pull out images of clip art, line drawings, faces and even colours," said Google Images Product Manager Nate Smith.
The redesigned image search service is currently only available tà 10 percent of Google's users. The company said it plans to put out the new service in stages over the next few weeks. For those who have not been included in the initial roll-out, a sneak peek is available on YouTube:
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Comments (3)
It's impossible
I do a lot of work with pictures and I need references to do this work. Your new image setup makes my job nearly impossible. 90% of the time I can't draw up the image I want because now, you load up the site, which will redirect me away from the image I want. So really you're showing me a whole lot of clutter on a page where I cant even use half of it. So I have to sort through 20+ pictures before I can find one that works.
And it takes longer for my computer to load up all of the new data. I loved when the new search preferences were added, especially the sort by colour, and I was looking forwards to your new treats.
Well you can take it back. I still use your web, video, and map searches. But as for your pictures, I am going to yahoo.
Make it better, not worse
Make it better, not worse please!!! I want to see the images size and resolution, also that popping preview wont let me see the image beneath.
what a load of crap
Give me a choice Google! Let ME decide if I want to change, post a link back to the OLD search. Ever heard the phrase, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it???"
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