Erstellt am: 18. 11. 2009 - 11:48 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Image Swirl
Google Labs is at it again. Never content to leave well enough alone, they have dropped a new product for fans of Google Image Search.
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Despite using that flash thing, they have managed to stay true to the standard minimalist design Google seems to enjoy so much. After entering a search term you get a 3x4 grid of images that will then expand to a Pandora like grouping of similar images.
Not every search term is available right now, so I'm not sure just how useful this could be on a daily basis, but I can definitely see some potential. The standard search returns can be a bit scattershot, and although it can be funny to see some of the more bizarre results, grouping them by similarity could make finding things a bit easier.
The abiltiy to find similar images is nothing new. It actually got out of the labs a while ago and his been a standard part of the image search for awhile. One that works amazingly well might I add.
Now if Google would just go and get Tineye, and combine Image Swirl with Tineye results, we might actually end up with something exciting...