Google Gives You More Images, If You Ask Nicely
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] […]
Barry Schwartz on June 3, 2011 at 9:27 am | Reading time: 1 minute
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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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.