New Ways to use Google Image Search
Posted by jonathan at 9:15am EST on 12/22/2008
Google announced late last week that there are a few new ways to use Google Image Search.
Image Search has been a service of Google for a long time now, but there had been little work done on it in the past 10 years besides core algorithm updates. Nothing that was a user-interface change in functionality for users.
But, in the past couple of years, we have seen various roll-outs of new functions for users to choose from. Above is an example of what kind of options we now have when we’re searching for images.
One item I really wish that Google would add to Image Search is the ability to search for images or photos based on a Creative Common license. Philipp wrote an extensive article about Creative Commons and Google early last year which gives an awesome break down between Creative Commons and Google.
From what Philipp actually talks about, I think it very relevant today still. Nearly 2 years later, Google has still done absolutely nearly nothing with Creative Commons, at least nothing that we can visibly see. Google’s competitor Yahoo! has done quite a bit with it at Flickr.com, but despite competition, Google has yet to show anything for its usage and integration with Creative Commons.
Article got a little sidetracks, but the point is that Google has new ways to use Image Search, but still has a ways to go before it’s really a prime time powerhouse.
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