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Tumblr Adds New GIF Search Capabilities

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Looking for that perfect GIF to really accentuate your Tumblr post? A new addition to the site will help you find the perfect animated image.

"Since GIFs have replaced written language, we're making it easier to turn your obsolete verbiage into modern moving pictures. When you're making a post on the web: Just click the ✚ button, click the GIF button, then search for whatever it is you're trying to express," reads a post from Tumblr.

"Pick the GIF you want and it slinks right in, properly credited and everything," the company said. "Whoever originally posted the GIF will be notified accordingly. On their dashboard, on their phone, all the regular places notifications go."

Tumblr, of course, peppered its announcement with GIFs. The move comes shortly after rival social network Facebook recently started allowing animated GIFs on the site.

Giphy, not to be outdone, also recently released a new Chrome extension that allows you to more easily tap into the raw, animated power of the image-hosting service when composing emails to your friends and colleagues. Install it, and you get a little button for GIF searching via category, hashtags, or keywords. Once you've found the perfect image, dropping it into your email is as easy as clicking it.

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