Google Images update: Captions added to images, pulled from the page title tag

Google Images search results continue to evolve — from the rollout of badges last summer to the related searches box this past December and the removal of the “view image” and “search by image” buttons last month. Google has been rapidly expanding visual search features. Beginning today, Google Images results will now include captions for each image. The rollout is global and will be available for mobile browsers and the Google app (iOS and Android). The caption displayed with an image will be pulled from the title of the page that features the image. As shown in the image below, the caption will be shown below the image and above the page URL. Google Images: without captions / with captions From the announcement: This extra piece of information gives you more context so you can easily find out what the image is about and whether the website would contain more relevant content for your needs. When asked if these titles might be rewritten Search Engine Land Source

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