The Google Search Blog announced two new user interface changes for image results on the Google web search results. Google has added a larger thumbnail image when you hover your cursor over image and Google will show more images when Google can detect your search intent asks for it.

For example, a search for [flowers] returns these results and when you hover over an image, it expands:

But when you search for [flower images] you many many more images:

You can trigger the web results to show more images by adding keywords like “photos”, “pictures”, and “images” to a query.

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Related Topics: Channel: Consumer | Google: Images | Google: User Interface | Google: Web Search

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