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

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Post by staplers »

psyc wrote: post #78
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…

The easiest way to view how wrongly Google has strayed is to search for something like "First Singer Songwriter". Google automates a rich card to say "Charles Trenet 1938" while showing an image of Woody Guthrie..

It's generating its own fake news at this point.

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

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Post by prepend »

prepend wrote: post #218
petagonoral wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> By default if the image is available on the web, it is meant to be seen Some might argue the image is meant to be seen...in the context of the web page it's on.

Hose would argue with the http protocol and standard then. Some would argue that speech in public between two people should not be overheard. But so what, the fact that some argue has limited value without lots of qualifiers.

c/Hose/Some

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

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Post by Figs »

Feniks wrote: post #292
bitL wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think other sites could follow the Getty precedent and sue Google so they have no choice, at least within USA. Still, the PR spin in the message is just funny, it really made me feel "empowered" and "excited" :D DDG still works anyway, so it's not like I have no choice if I need to quickly find an image.

This. People can be angry at Google but they have to respect a ruling from a US judge. And you can bet that there are a lot of vultures out there willing to sue Google. Today its Getty tomorrow some blogger hoping to make a dollar.

> they have to respect a ruling from a US judge

It's not the US, it's the EU, and it's not a ruling from a judge, it's an agreement directly with Getty.

http://press.gettyimages.com/getty-images-files-competition-...

http://press.gettyimages.com/getty-images-and-google-announc...

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

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Post by petagonoral »

prepend wrote: post #218
petagonoral wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> By default if the image is available on the web, it is meant to be seen Some might argue the image is meant to be seen...in the context of the web page it's on.

Hose would argue with the http protocol and standard then. Some would argue that speech in public between two people should not be overheard. But so what, the fact that some argue has limited value without lots of qualifiers.

> Hose would argue with the http protocol and standard then.

Which part of any version of the http protocol spec covers this?

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

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Post by mwexler »

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?

One option is to go to advanced search, where you can change the search to restrict only to Free or other less restrictive licenses than commercial.

https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?biw=1404&bih=67... as a sample, and more detail at https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?p=ws_image...

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

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Post by parfe »

MasterScrat wrote: post #175
GunlogAlm wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can still right-click -> View Image/Open image in new tab/etc., of course, but I do agree the Show Image button was handy.

Well no, it wouldn't be such a big deal if this was the case. If you do that you usually end up with a low-resolution image on a url of the form https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?.. .

You're right clicking the tiled image on the results page.

If you left click a result first to give it focus, and then right click->open in new tab you'll get the original, full size, image.

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

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Post by jayd16 »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #316

Image search is one place where Bing actually beats Google. Their results are nearly always better, I personally prefer their UI, and now they have the advantage of supporting this simple yet valuable feature. It will probably take me some time to lose my muscle memory that leads me to Google's image search and get used to going to Bing instead, but this was a great catalyst for me to start changing my habits.

So what's stopping Getty images or anyone else from going after Bing next?

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

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Post by bitL »

Figs wrote: post #324
Feniks wrote: post #292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. People can be angry at Google but they have to respect a ruling from a US judge. And you can bet that there are a lot of vultures out there willing to sue Google. Today its Getty tomorrow some blogger hoping to make a dollar.

> they have to respect a ruling from a US judge It's not the US, it's the EU, and it's not a ruling from a judge, it's an agreement directly with Getty. http://press.gettyimages.com/getty-images-files-competition-... http://press.gettyimages.com/getty-images-and-google-announc...

Thanks for pointing this out!

I guess the enthusiasm regarding technology as a solution to the problems of humanity was unfounded and it needs to revert back to politics, hacking people...

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

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Post by leggomylibro »

EamonnMR wrote: post #226

Pinterest has already ruined my google image search experience. They "aggregate" content from other sites that I'd actually want to read, strip them of any context, and package them up with other images behind a login wall.

This is the worst for circuit diagrams.

"Great, a couple of transistors and resistors, an 8-pin IC - that looks about right. Let's just see how it works, and...oh. Nope, it's just that image, with no part numbers. And nothing else."

I can only guess that some people use it as a half-assed whiteboard to remember links and stuff, and Google picks up on that. The ironic problem for Google is, the 'pin' replaces the actual useful content which the Pinterest users were originally hoping to remember for later access!

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