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Imagine coming across an intriguing photo on Instagram or Facebook and wanting to check if it's online or if someone else is using your images in their posts.
In such cases, perform a reverse image search. There are several tools on the market for this purpose. In this article, Mytour introduces you to the top 2 online reverse image search tools available today.
Discover the Top 2 Online Reverse Image Search Tools
1. Google Image Search
Google boasts the largest online image index compared to other websites. To find similar images, the best tool to start with is to visit images.google.com.
Click on the small camera icon, and the interface will change, allowing you to paste the image URL or upload the image you want to search.
If you want to search for images online, simply right-click on the image and choose Copy Image Address / Copy Image URL, if using Chrome. In the Edge browser, the only option for reverse image search is to save the image on your computer. Other browsers have similar options. You can copy the URL or download the image.
Click on Search by Image, and the screen will display the results window as shown below:
By default, Google will try to best guess the meaning of the images, as seen in the example image. To search for higher-quality images, simply click on All sizes under Find other sizes for this image.
The screen will show a list of the same image in various sizes that Google can find. If you return to the main search page, you'll see a section at the bottom named Pages that include matching images.
This section can help you discover websites using the same image on their webpage. Click on the link to precisely view the website. It's an excellent solution for discovering copyrighted images online.
For frequent image searches, you can install the Search by Image extension on Google Chrome. Search by Image is a completely free extension by Google. All you need to do is right-click on any image and select Search Google with this image without copying the image URL or downloading it, then reload.
Download the Search by Image extension to your computer and install it here: Download Search by Image
2. TinEye
Introducing the second online reverse image search tool that Mytour wants to share with you, TinEye. TinEye has been in the market for quite some time, currently indexing over 25 billion images, focusing entirely on image searches.
When conducting a search on TinEye, the displayed results may differ from how Google presents them. The example below demonstrates a search for the Starbucks logo.
By default, TinEye will show you search results sorted by Most Changed, meaning the images displayed will differ from the one you're searching the most. If you want to see images similar to your search, click the dropdown menu and choose Best Match. For the highest quality images, select Biggest Image.
Additionally, you can click on the two options at the top to display results from the TinEye collection and show available images.
If you click on an image in the results, a small box will appear on the screen that you can use to compare with your image. Click the Switch button to toggle back and forth, displaying the relevant images for you.
TinEye also has a Google Chrome extension that works quite similarly to Google, except this extension automatically loads results as displayed above.
Download the TinEye extension here: Download TinEye
Here, Mytour has just introduced to you the top 2 online reverse image search tools. We hope this article provides you with additional useful information for searching copyrighted images.
