Search Options now on Google Images
Saturday 01 August 2009 | By Heidi Scott, Gosh! Media Copywriter
Google has announced that its recently launched Search Options panel is now available for image searches.
On the Official Google Blog yesterday, Friday 31 July, executives Ken Dauber (Software Engineer) and Nate Smith (Associate Product Manager) wrote:
"A few months ago when we announced the Search Options panel, we promised that you would soon see similar functionality across our other search properties. Today we are rolling out Search Options for Google Images."
The new feature offers rapid access to existing tools, such as searches by size, type and colour of image. The colour search facility finds only images that are in colour, or only those in black and white, or just images that feature a specific colour – such as blue, yellow or purple. The type search function, meanwhile, provides an easy way to narrow down search results when you want a specific kind of image, whether it's clip art, a photo, a line drawing or a 'face' image containing people.
In the blog post, Dauber and Smith explain changes to the size search option, writing, "We've also revamped our size search. In addition to choosing from commonly searched-for sizes, now you can search for an exact image size or any image larger than a certain size. You can find images of practically any size, including 70 megapixels or more."
The post concludes, "The new layout makes it faster and easier to combine and toggle between options. It also makes it easier for us to add additional image search options in the future, so keep your eyes peeled."
To access these functions, Internet users simply need to click on 'Show options...' in the blue bar on the search results page.
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