Introducing the Image Search Engine From Google
Google has become more of a force to contend with, after the introduction of its new image searching function. Though this is dubbed the ‘beta’ version (indicating that it is still under development), all signs seem to show that it can be used already by consumers.
Through image searching, the user gets a thumbnail version of the original image. What’s more, search results reveal data about the image size, as well as the Internet address of the website which was the source of the image. Clicking on the thumbnail allows you to access a page which shows a bigger type of the thumbnail image at the top of the page and the original image at the bottom of the page.
Just like the regular search engine, this new Google function allows you to adjust your preferences in various ways.
Various methods are available that permit enhanced control over search results.
For example, you may type a minus sign so that specific terms are not included. If you want to exclude the aircraft called global-hawk from your search results, just type the search string hawk -global. It is important that a space exists between the two words (hawk and -global), or else the search will produce different results or no result at all.
You might also rely on quotation marks when searching so that you can find an exact match. Majority of the search engines out there are now practicing this. Using the above example, if you were to type “hawk.jpg” (because you were searching for pictures of hawks), you would find “hawk.jpg” -global would crop up instead. This is a much better result, right?
These two methods of improving search results may be the most useful, but other methods do exist as well.
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