Gamechanger: Google Now Allows You to Search Solely for Animated GIFs

[RyFo18]

I know a lot of people on here will be excited.

Source (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/google-gifs-search_n_2909181.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003)

Ah, the animated GIF. The Internet trend that will never ever die. These ever-looping photos are all over sites like Tumblr and Reddit, where they are used to tell short stories and, more often than not, used to demonstrate reactions. If you've ever been in dire need of the perfect GIF to react to a friend's Facebook post, for example, there haven't been many good options... until now.

Google announced in a post on Google+ on Tuesday that it has added a feature to its image search tool that will allow users to search for animated GIFs. Just search for whatever type of GIF you like in Google Images, click "Search tools," and choose "Animated" under "Any type."

This isn't the most earth-scattering develop to hit Google Image Search. In fact, you were previously able to search for "Graphics Interchange Format" files, or GIFs, on Google, but never could you filter out still-image GIFs from their better-known, animated cousins.

The tweak to Google's search tool is just more evidence of the rise of the GIF in 2012 (Oxford American Dictionaries' "Word of the Year") and going into this year. During the 2012 Olympics and then the U.S. presidential election, GIFs emerged as a viable storytelling tool for online journalists. Not bad for a 26-year-old image file format, ancient by Internet standards.

It seems the filter is being rolled out gradually to users, so you may not have access to it yet (we don't).

Are you over the whole GIF phenomenon? Well...

http://i.imgur.com/lMoQY.gif

[Fritz88]

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[ReynardMuldrake]

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[DaKCMan AP]

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[big nasty kcnut]

this is about exciting as this http://i.imgur.com/W8WES.gif

[Fishpicker]

nice

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[cookster50]

I heard that Clayton sent an email asking google to change it from animated gifs to animated gilfs.

[DaveNull]

http://gifsforum.com/images/gif/funny%20gifs/grand/tom-cruise-top-gun-gay-funny-gifs-eccbc87e4b5ce2fe28308fd9f2a7baf3-712.gif

[big nasty kcnut]

http://i.minus.com/iA2MRV66BxWoF.gif everytime a hot girl see me by the way this is what she does.

[Dartgod]

http://awesomegifs.com/wp-content/uploads/the-seinfeld-happy-dance.gif

[suzzer99]

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[Reaper16]

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[Molitoth]

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lol wtf?

[DMAC]

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[HoneyBadger]

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[OnTheWarpath15]

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[BigBeauford]

Sweet baby Jesus, don't visit this page on a mobile phone.

[Mr. Kotter]

http://www.juanelway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chiefs-Dance-Party-Penalty-GIF.gif

[Simply Red]

yeah - this is brand new information and JUST happened!

[HoneyBadger]

Sweet baby Jesus, don't visit this page on a mobile phone.

Your phone is a pussy.

[Ugly Duck]

Now we can do gifs! Now we can do gifs!

http://chaoticsignal.com/image/animated/katyperryelmo.gif

[Just Passin' By]

This is great news for those who were unable to type the words "animated gif" into their google search bar.

[Hammock Parties]

cant wait to search for "Cassel" and see EVERYTHING i made

[hometeam]

http://niketalk.com/content/type/61/id/143335/width/350/height/700/flags/LL

[DaFace]

This is great news for those who were unable to type the words "animated gif" into their google search bar.

Kind of what I was thinking.

[hometeam]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1922229/chiefs.gif

[KChiefs1]

Now we can do gifs! Now we can do gifs!

http://chaoticsignal.com/image/animated/katyperryelmo.gif

She is free again.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Faster porn

[Ace Gunner]

http://www.choppedliverroadkill.com/roadkill/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image.gif

[Lumpy]

This is great news for those who were unable to type the words "animated gif" into their google search bar.

http://static.themetapicture.com/media/funny-gif-Star-Trek-Patrick-Stewart.gif

[DonTellMeShowMe]

http://4.cdn.tapcdn.com/images/thumbs/taps/2012/08/35-awesome-simpsons-gifs-5-9773212b-original.gif

[LoneWolf]

http://gifsforum.com/images/gif/funny%20gifs/grand/tom-cruise-top-gun-gay-funny-gifs-eccbc87e4b5ce2fe28308fd9f2a7baf3-712.gif

Top Cock was one of Tom's best movies.

[Ming the Merciless]

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mccluster on that play wtf

[Dayze]

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LMAOLMAOLMAO
I'm in fucking tears

[Dayze]

Your phone is a pussy.

LMAO

[Dayze]

http://www.choppedliverroadkill.com/roadkill/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image.gif

Is that Omaha?
:D

[Johnny Vegas]

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/d/dd/Rumsfeld_Origami.gif

[hometeam]

To be fair, even searches that included the word 'animated gif' came up with a bunch of BS and still gifs etc.

This is much better~

[Hammock Parties]

Look how easy it is to find my GIFs now.

http://bit.ly/ZyklLW

[hometeam]

Look how easy it is to find my GIFs now.

http://bit.ly/ZyklLW

case in point.

[Hammock Parties]

http://image.blingee.com/images19/content/output/000/000/000/7c9/784698343_870841.gif

[Johnny Vegas]

Look how easy it is to find my GIFs now.

http://bit.ly/ZyklLW

http://i56.tinypic.com/2l8bvw8_th.jpg

[Sorter]

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[hometeam]

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So it begins.

[Sorter]

So it begins.

:)

[Dayze]

So I wanna bang that chick for some reason.

[listopencil]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s135/aeonnz/animated/Yay.gif

[Hammock Parties]

haha. so old.

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