In my last blog post I discussed one of Google’s new products, the News Timeline. Another new product recently unveiled is “similar images”. This uses some very clever technology and a marriage between their search algo’s and the ability to scan an image to bring you further images closely related to your original image search.

An example on the site shows a search for “Paris” and lists results that include the Eiffel tower, a picture of Notre Dame, a city map of Paris and a snapshot of Ms. Hilton. Clicking similar images brings up further images of the same, many times showing the whole series in a release of shots. The algorithm is very clever in determining what falls into the same genre.