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Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns
An anonymous reader writes "Google has recently announced changes to its image search. The search provides larger views of the images with direct links to the full-sized source image. Although this new layout is being praised by users for its intuitiveness, it has raised concerns amongst image copyright holders and webmasters. Large images can now easily be seen and downloaded directly from the Google image search results without sending visitors to the hosting website. Webmasters have expressed concerns about a decrease in traffic and an increase in bandwidth usage since this change was rolled out. Some have set up a petition requesting Google remove the direct links to the images."
Dear "Webmaster", nobody cares about your shitty website packed full of annoying ads. Get over it already.
Spoken like a typical leech. No surprise, but always amazing.
And nowhere does it explain how you can have decreased traffic but increased bandwidth usage. Because it's not possible.
Oh, I get it now, You're a moron. You don't understand the difference between thumbnail images and higher-resolution files. Does it physically hurt to sound like such a jackass while also being so uninformed?
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.