Google has made changes to its search algorithm to improve image search results by cutting down on duplicates.

Virtually every internet user is familiar with searching for a specific picture, only to have to scroll through 167 copies of the same image. Google has evidently had enough as well, as the company announced it has worked to cut those down.

Have you ever searched for something in Google Images and sometimes found the results dominated by the same image? To help, we made an improvement to Image Search to reduce duplicate images, so that we can display others that are relevant yet visually distinct…. pic.twitter.com/gGbC5v2aP8

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 11, 2021

The company has also improved image searches for terms that could have drastically different types of items that share the same name.

There are also times when a query can relate to different things. For example, [jaguar] could mean either the animal or the car. Sometimes, one meaning can dominate image results. Our improvement works to show images for alternative meanings, when that seems helpful…. pic.twitter.com/YvAikMnJq2

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 11, 2021

We hope this improvement, which we introduced in November, helps everyone better make use of Google Images to be inspired and informed as they search visually.

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 11, 2021