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Larger Google Images & Region Tags In Google Search Results

Google announced two changes to the search results. The first is larger images in the search results for some searches and the second is region tags in the search results. Let me explain both.

The larger images may show up in the search results, when Google thinks an image should be highlighted. For example, the before and after:

Before:

Google Images

After:

Google Large Images

Google also announced a new regional tag that will show up in certain situations in the Google search results. The region tags tell the searcher that the site is from a specific country or region. This region tag will only show on about 1% of the search results, Google said. And they have to meet these criteria:

Here is a picture:

Google Region Tags

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