Well, they do have snippets from Wikipedia and the like. Bing (I believe) had the magnifying glass tool that would show you a thumbnail of the result on hover.

Well, they do have snippets from Wikipedia and the like. Bing (I believe) had the magnifying glass tool that would show you a thumbnail of the result on hover. Google came out with something similar for a bit--you'd click a result and it would pull up a thumbnail(?) to the right. That may still be a thing, actually.