Google is always upto something. This time its changing its image search features. Now the Google image search feature is going to be more fun and more fun to find images. Google is altering its image search by Image ‘Swirl’. In a random Google search, I found this blog post that talked about Google’s addition to its Image search feature.
What is Image Swirl? Well, ‘Swirl’ is a combination of similar image search application and Google’s Wagon wheel. With Swirl integrated in the current Google Image search feature, searching for the required image will become an easier process.
How does the new Image search work? Okay, When you type a word or a phrase in the Google search box, the result shown up will be cluster of images in a 4 X 3 matrix form. Each of these 12 images will have similar images grouped under them. You can click on the required image and a Wonder Wheel will open with more refined search result. The Wonder Wheel comprises of scaled down version (in terms of resolution) of that particular image. So if you want a picture of specific resolution, click on the picture and you can see the resolution.
For example, if you are searching for ‘Mouse’, you will be shown different pictures with each set having 12 similar images in it. You may click on the required pictures to get an image of different resolutions.
I may not have been clear in explaining the process; you may want to check the pictorial representation here.
What Does Google Swirl Lack?
Currently Image Swirl supports 200,000 search items, but with release of Swirl,Goggle is planning to add more search items and make it a comprehensive Image search feature. Goggle Image Swirl is good and also makes search a less time consuming process. However, it lacks decision support feature that Bing has.
With decision support system added, Goggle’s new tweaked application will be much more useful to use.
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