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Did you know that a fascinating moment in pop culture led to the creation of a groundbreaking tool that completely transformed how we search for and explore images online?
Google Images was created in 2001, and it was actually inspired by a very specific event: the release of Jennifer Lopez’s iconic green Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy Awards. At the time, people were searching online for images of the dress, but the search results were mostly text-based, and finding images was a bit tricky.
Google engineers realized there was a need for a dedicated image search feature. They decided to create Google Images to make it easier to search for and find images on the web. The feature was launched with over 250 million images and quickly became a popular tool for visually-driven searches. Pretty interesting how a pop culture moment helped shape a major part of the internet today!
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