{"id":59019,"date":"2018-02-16T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59019"},"modified":"2018-02-16T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:48:52","slug":"google-removes-view-image-button-from-search-results-to-make-pics-harder-to-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-removes-view-image-button-from-search-results-to-make-pics-harder-to-steal.html","title":{"rendered":"Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results to make pics harder to steal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google removes \u2018view image\u2019 button from search results to make pics harder to steal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Google is making a change to image search today that sounds small but will have a big impact: it\u2019s removing the \u201cview image\u201d button that appeared when you clicked on a picture, which allowed you to open the image alone. The button was extremely useful for users, since when you\u2019re searching for a picture, there\u2019s a very good chance that you want to take it and use it for something. Now, you\u2019ll have to take additional steps to save an image.<\/span><\/p>\n

The change is essentially meant to frustrate users. Google has long been under fire from photographers and publishers who felt that image search allowed people to steal their pictures, and the removal of the view image button is one of many changes being made in response. A deal to show copyright information and improve attribution of Getty photos was announced last week and included these changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The intention seems to be either stopping people from taking an image altogether or driving them through to the website where the image is found, so that the website can serve ads and get revenue and so people are more likely to see any associated copyright information. That\u2019s great news for publishers, but it\u2019s an annoying additional step for someone trying to find a picture. Now you\u2019ll have to wait for a website to load and then scroll through it to find the image. Websites sometimes disable the ability to right click, too, which would make it even harder for someone to grab a photo they\u2019re looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, there\u2019s still at least one way around it: if you right click, you can select \u201copen image in new tab\u201d or \u201cview image\u201d (or whatever your browser\u2019s equivalent option is), and you\u2019ll still open up the full-size picture. It\u2019s just a bit less likely that everyone will realize this is an option. And since the \u201cvisit\u201d site button is now the most visible button, that\u2019s probably what\u2019ll end up getting clicked the most.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to removing the \u201cview image\u201d button, Google has also removed the \u201csearch by image\u201d button that appeared when you opened up a photo, too. This change isn\u2019t quite as big, however. You\u2019ll still be able to do a reverse image search by dragging the image to the search bar, and Google will still display related images when you click on a search result. The button may have been used by people to find un-watermarked versions of images they were interested in, which is likely part of why Google pulled it.<\/span><\/p>\n

While it\u2019s good to see Google protecting photographers and driving traffic to websites, it\u2019s still hard not to be a little annoyed by the changes. There are plenty of legitimate and legal uses for copyrighted images. And while it\u2019s fair to ask users to do their due diligence by making sure they\u2019re properly attributing photos, these changes really seem designed to stop images from being grabbed in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/2\/15\/17017864\/google-removes-view-image-button-from-search-results<\/span><\/p>\n

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