Published 13:01 IST, September 23rd 2019

Lesser-known story behind how 'Google Images' was born 20 years ago

Google Images is an image search tool by Google that allows users to search for photos and images on the internet. But do you know the story behind how 'Google

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Google Ims is an im search tool by Google that allows users to search for photos and ims on internet. We rely on Google Ims every time we want to search for photos of our favourite celebrities, places and pretty much everything else. And while it feels like option to search for photos and ims on Google has always been re, reality is a little different. Hence we ask you this question today: Do you kw story behind how 'Google Ims' came to existence four years after Google Search?

Jennifer Lopez recreates iconic Grammy Awards dress, Google rejoices

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Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez

Nearly 20 years ago, a Green Versace dress designed by  Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace broke internet.  jungle print dress was worn by superstar Jennifer Lopez at Grammy Awards and it became an overnight sensation. im me such a strong impact on people's minds that it instantly became most popular search query Google h seen around that time. searches for JLo in jungle print dress took over internet  night she wore it and also next day of Music event. While at moment Google was looking at incorporating ims in search but this was ultimate push Google needed. incident inspired Google to create Google Ims. Earlier in 2015, Google president Eric Schmidt ackwledged that massive attention to this dress indeed served as a motivation for creation of Google Ims search. Who would have thought that ultra fashionable jungle dress could have a massive techlogical impact.

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Early days of Google

Back in 2000, as Google describes in its recent blog post, Google search results were thing more than "a list of blue links." That's when folks over at Google Search realised y were t able to directly show results (photos of Jennifer in her famous jungle print dress) that people wanted. Google Ims continues to see millions of users and billions of search queries every day.

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"At Milan Fashion Week, we reunited with Donatella Versace to celebrate nearly two deces since this iconic moment in fashion (and Google) history. We showed off a new, revamped green dress in print, designed by Donatella Versace and modeled by J.Lo," said Vincenzo Riili, Country Marketing Director, Google Italy.

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"Who kws where our next big idea might come from?" Riili ded.

12:11 IST, September 23rd 2019