Google Search Photos Of Places Nearby

Oct 15, 2019 - 7:32 am 0 by
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Google is now letting you search by photos or search photos of places - Google is testing both terminologies - for local results. This was spotted back in August but then Mike Blumenthal spotted it last week and it seems to be available to all for some queries. Yes, I can even replicate it.

Here is the first time I think it was spotted:

Then Mike captured it:

This is how I see it:

Google Local Search Photos Nearby1

Then when you click on it, you get these results:

Google Local Search Photos Nearby

I guess it works better for diamonds and stuff like that over looking for marketing companies?

It seems to work on mobile for some local based queries.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

Note: This story was pre-written before the Sukkot holiday. I am currently offline for the holiday and unable to respond to comments on this site, social, media or other platforms.

 

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