How to Identify an Image Using Google Search and Tineye


Do you have an image like a painting saved in your computer, or from the web that you want to identify or know more about it? Would you like to know how to do a reverse image search using Google Image and Tineye? Both are reverse image search engine, where you can simply upload an image then let the search engine find where it came from, check on modified images, how it was used, and some other resolution versions of the image.

So to do a reverse image search on Google, simple go to http://images.google.com/ then simply drag an image from your computer to the search box. Let google search by image finds matches and displays results. Please check on the video below to see how Google search by image works:



Tineye can do the same reverse image search but a little different, you have to click the browse button and then upload an image rather than dragging it to the search box like Google search. Take a look at the screen shot below.



The intervention is a bit different and perhaps some results might also be. So use both reverse search engine to get best results.

Would you like to add more reverse image search engines? Please feel free to post them under the comment section.

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