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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 exodust »

everyone wrote: post #201

I finally completely switched over to duck duck go, only a few days ago. The google doodle with autoplaying audio is what drove me over the edge. (ddg is grand btw, ive barely noticed)

I noticed the auto-playing audio too, and I think it may have caused lag in how quickly focus was given to the search field on page load. On typing my search query, the first two or so letters of what I was typing would not appear, and I think their google doodle was causing this bug. The problem went away when they changed the artwork.

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Post by pawelk »

majewsky wrote: post #211
Slackwise wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why does Google always think they know what is best for me? This is the entire ethos of the "AI Revolution" in tech. The algorithm "knows what is best for you". This will only get worse with more "AI" being applied to more tech.

Not just the AI revolution. For over a decade, I've grown increasingly frustrated with software suffering from overly-clever syndrome.

I'd rather use software that is predictable than predictive.

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Post by ashtube »

fiblye wrote: post #193
lotsofpulp wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's more the $200k salaries and badge of having Google on your resume.

(Asking out of curiosity and not trying to be a smartass) But is Google still that impressive of a note on your résumé these days? Most of the brightest students from my university off to work for or start innovative startups solving hard problems or they got research jobs at various engineering/energy companies, but a large number who were just kind of OK students got some fuzzy job at google doing who knows what bu…

yes - look at LinkedIn people who used to work at Google and where they work now. Try 100+ samples.

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Post by Brendinooo »

veidr wrote: post #94
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.

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.)

Anecdata:

I use Bing regularly. Sometimes I'll say I've binged something, but I have a hard time doing so without a little hint of sarcasm or self-awareness in my voice.

It gets weirder when people are using the term "Google-fu" - gotta say "search-fu" if you can't stomach "Bing-fu"; neither option is great.

But hey, the rewards points are redeemable for Amazon cards...

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Post by bootlooped »

amelius wrote: post #197
Buge wrote: post #107

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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

Google, just give me the option to ignore Getty images altogether. Why does Google always think they know what is best for me?

You can already do this with search operators:

cat pictures -site:gettyimages.com

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Post by sideshowb »

amelius wrote: post #197
Buge wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Google, just give me the option to ignore Getty images altogether. Why does Google always think they know what is best for me?

1. Try adding "-getty" to your image search

2. For the more general problem of searching free images only try hitting tools -> usage rights and select as desired

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

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Post by wtfstatists »

pedalpete wrote: post #7

I'm going to play devils advocate here and say this is a good change. If google was scaping the text of sites and only displaying that, would we think that was ok? Just like google search, this is about giving you a preview, then go to the source. If you want the image, we all know how to find it, get it. How big of an annoyance is this?

Its not about Google but user. This infringes on user's freedom. Google just happen to be a provider of the banned feature.

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Post by pawelk »

sundvor wrote: post #134
veidr wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.)

https://duckduckgo.com/ also had this link as its #1 result. I much prefer DDG - have converted across all my devices now in the past month and I'm really, really liking it. (Sorry off topic, but it's contextual.) What's that then, I ducked it? :-)

Doesn't DDG use Bing behind the scenes for substantial number of queries?
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