14 DAY TRIAL // Google has added the ability to group and save photos from the Image Search section into Collections that can be re-accessed at later points.
For now, this feature will only be available for US users accessing the Google Image Search section from their mobile browsers, on Android and iOS.
The new feature is called Collections and is expected to work together with the Collections feature in Google+. Right now, being in a testing phase, the two don't communicate with each other, but judging that Google gave them both the same name, we expect them to work together down the road.
Users can organize image search results in multiple folders
To use it, users must be logged into their Google account so saved images can be attached to an online identity and be available at later points. Images can be starred, but they can also be organized in smaller folders.
This makes it convenient to neatly organize photos based on topics of interest, and then get back to them at later points.
With this new feature, Google is now taking on Pinterest, which provides a similar system to search, organize and collect online images.
Google taking on Pinterest makes more sense than Amazon taking on Pinterest
The difference between the two, at least right now, is that Google Image Search Collections are completely private, unlike on Pinterest where users can see each other's collected photos.
If Google Image Search Collections get integrated into Google+ Collections, expect the option to share collected photos with friends to be added as well.
In the past, other companies have tried to compete with Pinterest, like Facebook and Amazon, just to name the biggest. Smaller clones have existed, and some of the most successful include the Will Smith-backed The Fancy, WeHeartIt, Piccsy, and FFFFound.
