The Search by Image button is also being removed. Reverse image search *still works* through the way most people use it, from the search bar of Google Images.

Getting Google Image's View Image button back in Chrome & Firefox. If you are a Chrome or Firefox user, we think the best extension to bring back the View Image button is the "View Image" extension.

As the only way to add the ‘View Image’ button is through a Chrome extension, you’re going to need the Chrome web browser installed on your computer. If you already have it, you can skip to ...

For the unaware, Google's View Image button used to allow users to view a given image without needing to actually visit the website it was being hosted on.

In addition to Getty Images working with Google “to improve attribution of our contributors’ work,” the deal included removal of the “view image” button next to results in Google Images ...

This week, Google Image Search is getting a lot less useful, with the removal of the "View Image" button. Before, users could search for an image and click the "View Image" button to download it ...

In addition to removing the “view image” button, Google has also removed the “search by image” button that appeared when you opened up a photo, too. This change isn’t quite as big, however.

Google’s image search feature made it easy for people to find Getty Images photos and download them without permission or license. With the view image button disabled, it’s not as easy to open ...

Also, as Ghacks notes, it still has a “View Image” button that can be used exactly how the old one was on Google proper. If you’re one of the many missing the feature, then it’s definitely ...

Google seems to be testing a like, thumbs-up, button on image search results. The thumbs-up icon is near the share and save button and below the image, description and visit button.

Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search. Google announced this change on Twitter, saying: Today we’re ...