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Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by bschwindHN »

kylec wrote: post #59
vortico wrote: post #34

DuckDuckGo still has this feature in their Images search, using the "View File" button. It also doesn't wrap the URL of search results in a Google redirect URL, so you can Right Click > Copy to get the actual URL of the webpage or image.

This might just be the thing that gets me to switch. I use "Show Image" for the image search all the time.

Same! If I want an image, I'm going to get it one way or another. Might as well use a tool that doesn't actively try to get in my way.

Edit: Well it seems this is from legal pressure from Getty. Unfortunately that reason isn't enough to stop me from switching.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by dingo_bat »

tyingq wrote: post #46
prepend wrote: post #33

So it’s ok for google to scrape and save images and display them without compensating photographers (which I’m cool with), but not users? This is bizarre, anti user functionality. By default if the image is available on the web, it is meant to be seen. This is going to make high school PowerPoint users spend more time, and result in zero extra revenue and zero drop in copyright infringement. The more interesting ques…

"The goals of the advertising business model do not always correspond to providing quality search to users." Google for that exact phrase and see who made that observation.

I binged it, and it took me to this zdnet article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-advertising-and-search-e...

So the author of that observation is Sergey Brin himself. Lel.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by Zak »

I had not heard of Getty Images prior to today, but I now associate them with breaking the internet.

I don't like it when people do that, so if I ever find myself in the position of needing to buy stock images, now I've heard of Getty Images and I'll make sure I pay someone else.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by pvdebbe »

sid-kap wrote: post #61

Is this implying that people use Google Images to find webpages? I thought the only point of Google Images was to find images to use in PowerPoints and school projects.

I often use Google Images to find actual articles to read. It happens like this: I search for a combo I'm looking for, only the pages that Google finds are not exactly about what I'm after. From the images I can see immediately if the article at least contains some relevant information for me.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by Iv »

tyingq wrote: post #46
prepend wrote: post #33

So it’s ok for google to scrape and save images and display them without compensating photographers (which I’m cool with), but not users? This is bizarre, anti user functionality. By default if the image is available on the web, it is meant to be seen. This is going to make high school PowerPoint users spend more time, and result in zero extra revenue and zero drop in copyright infringement. The more interesting ques…

"The goals of the advertising business model do not always correspond to providing quality search to users." Google for that exact phrase and see who made that observation.

Users are the goods, not the clients, of Google.

Remember: if you get a service for free, then you are the merchandise.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by tyingq »

dingo_bat wrote: post #72
tyingq wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The goals of the advertising business model do not always correspond to providing quality search to users." Google for that exact phrase and see who made that observation.

I binged it, and it took me to this zdnet article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-advertising-and-search-e... So the author of that observation is Sergey Brin himself. Lel.

I try not to overuse the reference, but "Anatomy of a Search Engine" [1] is so deliciously prescient and ironic that it's hard to avoid. It's funny how hard Sergey and Larry shifted once personal fortunes changed their motivation.

[1] http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by BadassFractal »

vortico wrote: post #34

DuckDuckGo still has this feature in their Images search, using the "View File" button. It also doesn't wrap the URL of search results in a Google redirect URL, so you can Right Click > Copy to get the actual URL of the webpage or image.

Came here to say exactly this. It's time to embrace DuckDuckGo, I made the switch about 6 months ago, thought I would hate it. Expected the UX to drive me nuts after so long with the Google interface, but it made no difference. It's a really solid drop-in replacement.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by psyc »

vortico wrote: post #34

DuckDuckGo still has this feature in their Images search, using the "View File" button. It also doesn't wrap the URL of search results in a Google redirect URL, so you can Right Click > Copy to get the actual URL of the webpage or image.

Long ago, when I still thought of Google as a good company that made good decisions for its users, I never had the impression that I'd done an exhaustive web search until I searched on Google. Now, searching Google always gives me the impression that I'm searching a heavily filtered, AI-curated subset of the web. I switched to DDG recently, and so far the results give me that impression that I'm searching 'the whole web' or something like it. I suppose it's inevitable that Google was ruined by becoming so enormous, having to be all things to everybody, especially its shareholders.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by dx034 »

Iv wrote: post #75
tyingq wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The goals of the advertising business model do not always correspond to providing quality search to users." Google for that exact phrase and see who made that observation.

Users are the goods, not the clients, of Google. Remember: if you get a service for free, then you are the merchandise.

The content of 3rd party websites is the merchandise. Users are users. Just because it's financed by ads doesn't mean they're not interested in your experience. Facebook currently experiences how problematic declining user engagement can be. If Google search quality ever drops below that of others (Bing, Yandex), they'd be in real trouble. Their superior search is the only reason they make all that money.

I get that some are dissatisfied by "paying" with ads. But the alternative would be a paid-for search engine. Not only would that potentially exclude some, it would also make it harder to access search for people from low-income countries. Currently, US and Europe subsidise operations for money other areas, allowing them to get the same search experience. That'd change with a paid-for model.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by blub »

tyingq wrote: post #76
dingo_bat wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I binged it, and it took me to this zdnet article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-advertising-and-search-e... So the author of that observation is Sergey Brin himself. Lel.

I try not to overuse the reference, but "Anatomy of a Search Engine" [1] is so deliciously prescient and ironic that it's hard to avoid. It's funny how hard Sergey and Larry shifted once personal fortunes changed their motivation. [1] http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

"For example, a search engine could add a small factor to search results from "friendly" companies, and subtract a factor from results from competitors"

That's basically what Google got sued for in the EU and they lost. The friendly companies were other Google properties.

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