Google is NOT a Source
I have noticed for quite a while now that some writers or bloggers in their quest of acknowledging the source of their used image(s), usually write: Photo Credit: Google Image.
This recurring and common error is also linkable to the erroneous feelings that our search results on the internet are domiciled in Google's database. No! Google is NOT a source.
How our search engines work will be treated in other blog post (God's willing), and there, I will highlight the powerful web ranking and information retrieval algorithms used by Google amongst other fascinating features of the giant of internet search engine.
Here, I will simply make a lame man description to explain why the photo credit should be given to the website delivered by Google after the search process, and not to Google.
With an analogy, Google is like a bridge used in crossing to our unknown but desired destination. Imagine a student is willing to know about a particular school, e.g Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The unknown but desired destination of the the student is the school's official web portal. Google only becomes a vital tool to be used. When I typed this into Google's search bar, this is the result:
Ultimately, I got my previously unknown destination i.e UUM's official portal which is www.uum.edu.my
I got this, not FROM Google, but THROUGH Google. Anything (items, photos, text) used from uum.edu.my must be acknowledged by mentioning the name of the site, not that of Google.
This is applicable to our image search process also. A keen observation will inform us that those images are on web sites that contained them. They were simply delivered to us through Google.
Like I said, I will find time to write about the working mechanism of search engines and why Google stands out.
Happy tech reading!!
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