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This page provides answers to practical issues to do with:
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You may also be interested in my section about Copyright for Artists - which includes advice on what to do if your images are stolen
This page builds on my original blog post on my popular art blog MAKING A MARK - How to do a reverse image search |
Most of the time when we search for things on the internet we use WORDS - such as key words or words used for meta tags.
The big difference with a reverse image search is that all we use is IMAGES to look for similar images
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Alternatively use a browser with a TinEye extension (eg Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, IE)
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Below, I'm going to look in more detail at the three reverse image search engines that I recommend people use - simply because you are more likely to get a better result faster.
However there are a number of search engines which get quoted in various articles - and by Google (see above) but NOT all are proper reverse image search engines. Although you can search for specific images. You may find one works better for you. |
Google Images https://images.google.com - introduced reverse search engine functionality in 2011. Click on the camera icon to drag or upload an image you want to search for.
Microsoft Bing | Visual Search https://www.bing.com/visualsearch - on a par with Google Images - it's the same but different. The Bing term for reverse image search is "visual search". Tin Eye https://tineye.com Based in Canada. The first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. You can get an extension to use it embedded it in popular browsers. Images searches are private and not saved. Yandex Search https://yandex.ru/images - the most popular search engine in Russia and offers some functionality not offered elsewhere. You need to decide for yourself whether you're happy about uploading images to this site. Reversee: Reverse Image Search https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reversee-reverse-image-search/id875678494 - an app designed for the Apple iPad. it - acts as a middleman between you and the Google Images database. Apparently it's also good for catfishing images on dating websites!! |
Google's "Search by Image" was launched in the summer of 2011 and was the first serious competition for the TinEye image search engine.
The big difference is that Google's search algorithms are very powerful and tend to return a lot more images than Tineye Using Google 'Search by Image' you can
This search engine works best when there is related and unique content already on the web. |
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The Bing Visual Search Engine allows you to search for images:
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Within an image search, Bing allows you to crop a photograph (button below the source image) to focus on a specific element in said photograph, as seen below. The results with the cropped image will exclude the extraneous elements, focusing on the user-defined box. |
TinEye - a product of Idee
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TinEye is a reverse image search engine. Search by image: Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web. REFERENCE
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You can also do a reverse image search using Google on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
Use
Reverse image search using your phone or tablet |
NOTE: Google Goggles no longer exists.
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Easy to digest content covers:
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The authors are American and hence much of the content related to law has an American bias. They also write a blog called The Copyright Zone - described as a survival blog for photographers, artists and the confused!
Greenberg is a commercial litigator based in New York. Reznicki is an experienced and commercial people and children photographer. |
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Comments on developments in reverse search engines - and the implications for privacy and law reform
These are articles and posts where people have reviewed this topic and made recommendations as to useful tools. A lot of it repeats what is already found on this site - but are provided here just so you can get another perspective....... One of the notable areas for development concerns the analysis of images on Pinterest |
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This section looks at some of the different reasons people use reverse image search beyond looking for copyright infringement or reasons identified above
These include:
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