Google Updated Image Search in Nov 2020 to Reduce Showing Duplicate Images and Account for Alternative Meanings

Google has just announced that they made an improvement back in November 2020 to Image Search to reduce duplicate images from coming up again and again in image SEPR. The idea is that now they can start displaying other images that are relevant yet visually distinct. They also updated the algorithm to show images for alternative meanings, when that seems helpful. eg: [jaguar] could mean either the animal or the car.

There are also times when a query can relate to different things. For example, [jaguar] could mean either the animal or the car. Sometimes, one meaning can dominate image results. Our improvement works to show images for alternative meanings, when that seems helpful…. pic.twitter.com/YvAikMnJq2

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 11, 2021