TinEye.com - Reverse Image Search

Google’s image search is a great place for you to find images. But what if you want to see where an image you have can be found on the internet? If you want to find that out, check out Tineye.com. This site allows you to upload a picture and find where on the internet you can find it. This will allow you to find more pictures like it, or know if your friends have been uploading pictures of you to their profiles. It’s surprising to see how accurate the image matching capabilities of the site are. It takes seconds for the site to tell you where the image you uploaded comes from. People worried about copyright infringement should love this site. Just upload a copyright protected picture and the site will tell you if someone has used it illegally. It’ll be interesting to see if the results get better as the site improves its search algorithms.

“TinEye is an image search engine built by Idée currently in beta. Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web.”

This kind of think wouldn’t have been possible a couple of years ago. The interesting reverse image search should appeal to anyone who needs to keep track of their pictures online.

Are results always accurate? How does the image recognition work?