visual search

Microsoft’s bing.com has introduced visual search technology.

After studying the ways humans process information Microsoft Research concluded that humans are able to process results with images 20% faster than text only results.

The new Bing Visual Search tool allows users to formulate and refine search queries using image galleries. This more structured the data the more impressive the speed of search improvements.

Bing Community has more details in a visual search post at their search blog.