Google simplifies Image search using “Swirl”

November 24th, 2009

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Google Labs is testing a new image search feature by using something called the Image ‘Swirl’. Google Image Swirl integrates the Similar Image Search and Google’s Wagon Wheel. The Image Swirl is set to simplify your search without needing any customisation to the search query, like changing the search term to relate better to what you are trying to search or to customise the query to get the desired image resolution.

The image swirl shows a cluster of search results in a 4 x 3 matrix form. Each of these 12 search results groups similar images into one. The search results look like a pile of images assorted in twelve parts (obviously according to (more…)

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