Get Back the Old Google Image Search with a URL Hack

04:25 / Comments (0) / by sswidl




If you're not happy with the new Google Image search and would prefer to stick with the old search as your default, reader The_Doc offers this simple URL tweak.

The new Google Image search has a Switch to basic version link at the bottom of the page, but it doesn't stick, so if you prefer the old view, you'll have to scroll all the way down there every time.
Here is the workaround:

If you don't like the new Google Image Search design, add:

&sout=1


to the URL to use the the "basic" (i.e. old) version. Update your bookmarked keyword searches accordingly.


So, for example:

http://images.google.com/images?q=space

...would become:

http://images.google.com/images?q=space&sout=1


(via lifehacker)



If you're using Chrome, you may set up a customized Search Engines (right click address bar => Edit Search Engines). Type in the following string in URL row:

http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&sout=1

Like this:


(via google.org.cn)

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