Google Images to go
June 17th 2011 05:09
In the last post I mentioned Google's new Instant Pages. They've also brought out a feature called Google Image Search. Go to images.google.com and test drive the photos of the page. Moving any one of them into the search box will bring up references to that image on Google.
If you click on the little camera icon in the search box, you can upload a photo from your own computer.
The search isn't so effective with images Google doesn't know, of course. I tried a random one off my own computer, and it didn't recognise it at all, which presumably means the photo hasn't ever been loaded onto Google at any point. But another photo - one that's on my blogs - brought up all the blogs comfortably. Scary.
It also adds a number of other photos that resemble the one you're interested in - and does it super fast. And there are Firefox and Chrome add-ons, if you're interested.
I'm sure there's a use for type of search. I'm not sure that I've quite discovered the best use yet, however.
If you click on the little camera icon in the search box, you can upload a photo from your own computer.
The search isn't so effective with images Google doesn't know, of course. I tried a random one off my own computer, and it didn't recognise it at all, which presumably means the photo hasn't ever been loaded onto Google at any point. But another photo - one that's on my blogs - brought up all the blogs comfortably. Scary.
It also adds a number of other photos that resemble the one you're interested in - and does it super fast. And there are Firefox and Chrome add-ons, if you're interested.
I'm sure there's a use for type of search. I'm not sure that I've quite discovered the best use yet, however.
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