Due to settlement with Getty images, Google has removed View image button from Google Image search results, you can still get that button in Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi and Opera browsers by installing these extensions.
First things first, View image button which appears when you click on an image in Google Images Search results along with ‘search by image‘ no longer exists, they have been removed by the Search engine giant, citing these changes will help users connect with websites.
With this change (which will be helpful for websites owners and Photographers), Google hopes users visit image owned website to see the image.
If you use this button more, thankfully there are extensions available for Firefox and Chrome that re-adds View image button to Google Image search results, here they are.
Google Images : View Image button Extensions
View Image, this extension available on Chrome Web Store and Mozilla add-ons site adds Google Images ‘View image’ and Search by image’ buttons.
Google Search ‘View image’ button extension re-enables View image button in Chrome.
Google making changes to image search isn’t new, but the removal of view image button has triggered anger from users, this was forced change due to settlement with Getty.
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Tip: Do you know, you can find similar images to an image you’re having by dragging-n-dropping onto Google image search (i.e called search by image, which still works now), try that if that if you don’t know about it.
READ: Drag-n-Drop An Image from Your Computer onto Google Image Search to Find Similar Images
