Google now lets you rate images +1

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By Suzanne Choney

Back in March, Google introduced its "+1" button, a Facebook-like "like" button you could click on a Web page (or ad), which then starts showing up in search results. Now you can do the same thing with photos and other images.

"Let?s say you?re looking to summit Mount Kilimanjaro and want to inspire a few of your climbing buddies to join you," writes Xiaorui Gan, Google software engineer, on the company's blog. "You search for [mount kilimanjaro summit] and switch to Images mode to find rows and rows of photos testifying that this peak can indeed be conquered. By hovering over one of the images, you can quickly recommend this photo to your friends by clicking the +1 button."

Once your friends are "on board with the trip and start searching too, you?ll be able to quickly spot images they?ve recommended?? you?ll see annotations on the images they?ve +1?d on your search results page."

A tiny catch to +1: You do need to have a Google+ profile to use it.

Google says the image +1s will show in the +1 tab of your profile, "where you can see all of your recommendations in one place and delete those you no longer feel strongly about." And to see the +1s on the image results page, "you?ll need to be logged into your Google Account."

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Source: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/10/8738792-google-now-lets-you-rate-images-1

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