Images are easier for our brains to process than text is.

average global IP traffic in 2015 will reach 245 terabytes per second

[Leosghost]

"If you present data visually it has much more impact and the brain finds it much easier to process."

[bbc.co.uk...]

Research "discovers" something every artist already knew..

[rocknbil]

Not to mention to underrated "most people use their legs to walk" and "cheese is a common cause of peristaltic gas expulsion," both worthy of research funding. :-\

[lucy24]

Is that why I get such a ridiculous lot of image searches? Elderly rats and heraldic lions, sure, but imgres = "transitive verb"? imgres = "{nameofregion} dialect"? What exactly are they hoping to see?