The Origins of Google Image Search

Do you know the story behind how 'Google Images' came to existence four years after Google Search?

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