In addition to Getty Images working with Google “to improve attribution of our contributors’ work,” the deal included removal of the “view image” button next to results in Google Images ...

Yesterday, Google surprisingly removed the View Image button from Google Image Search. But, less than 24 hours later, extensions are here to bring it back.

In addition to removing the “view image” button, Google has also removed the “search by image” button that appeared when you opened up a photo, too. This change isn’t quite as big, however.

According to Google, the "View Image" link in Google Images has been removed following a recent legal settlement between Google and Getty Images. For the unaware, Google's View Image button used ...

UPDATE (02/17/2018 10:45 p.m. ET): Turns out there’s also an extension for those using Firefox. You can snag the Google Search “View Image” Button by devunt from the Firefox Add-ons store ...

With the view image button disabled, it’s not as easy to open that image and then save it to your computer. Google confirmed that the change is directly related to the Getty Images complaint.

The button that remains is View, which takes users to the website the image was sourced from. That's probably good news for publishers but a potentially unpopular extra step for Image search users.

As the only way to add the ‘View Image’ button is through a Chrome extension, you’re going to need the Chrome web browser installed on your computer. If you already have it, you can skip to ...

With the "View Image" button, it was easy for users to go directly from searching to downloading an image without ever seeing or considering who owned the image.

If you tried to do an image search today and noticed something missing, you're not crazy; Google removed the "View Image" button from results. By C. Scott Brown February 15, 2018 ...

Once you install them, Google Images will show the View Image button again just like normal. It should be noted, that in Firefox if you right-click on an image, you can simply select " View Image ...

Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search. Google announced this change on Twitter, saying: Today we’re ...