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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

#101

Ugh, I've been using right-click > copy image address pretty habitually everywhere else. Guess I gotta get in the habit of doing it with google images now too. Idiotic change, isn't bureaucracy great.

The change was not on behalf of “bureaucracy” but a market intrest. Getty is in the business of producing and selling photography. It’s all very transparent, actually. For example, when you see a group of press agents at an event (any event), at least a few of the photographers work for Getty.

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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.

it's easy to repeat, hard to understand. Next time I give you water for free, are you my merchandise?

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#103
I am more and more annoyed by Google. I actually started to move all my stuff over to alternatives or self hosted stuff. At first I was hesitant because a lot of Google products cannot be beat feature and price wise. But the true cost is that Google gains power if more and more people use something...

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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.

That's the first time I've ever heard somebody use "bing" as a verb, outside of a Microsoft ad. (Assuming that your post isn't a new form of Microsoft ad, that is.)

I definitely look forward to a search engine called bang.com

Comments such as "yesterday I banged Scarlett Johansson" would be hilarious.

[OK OK, -1 me, I deserve it ;)]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The shopping fine? That wasn't a case of results being secretly promoted like the paper was worried about. The shopping ads were labeled as sponsored.

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Quotes from @searchliaison: "Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites." "Ultimately, Google Images is a way for people to discover information in cases where browsing images is a better experience than text." Do you believe any of these statements? I am still surprised how easily corporations will hide their true motives, resolve any cognitive dissonance internally…

One of the follow up tweets is more honest:

>For those asking, yes, these changes came about in part due to our settlement with Getty Images this week (see also https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/15/17017864/google-removes-v... …). They are designed to strike a balance between serving user needs and publisher concerns, both stakeholders we value.

https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/964279749802512384

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

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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.

I remember how Yandex was making a toast out of Google image search (market share wise) by providing said button. I think that the whole inclusion of the button by Google was motivated by this competition and Russian market was the first to get it.

Guess what, I think yandex.com still has it too.

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

#110
Also worth mentioning as alternative: Use startpage.com image search or Duckduckgo image search. Startpage is superior... even proxies images often through their server. By the way: They filter less explicit content than Google does (Google is pro active making image search SFW and for me this is censoring).
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