{"id":1001,"date":"2011-06-18T11:36:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2018-09-13T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:14:27","slug":"google-images-search-by-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/google-images-search-by-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Images <em>Search by Image<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/\">Google Images<\/a> has a new feature called <em>Search by Image<\/em> that lets users search the web using an image. The feature was added a few days ago and is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/insidesearch\/searchbyimage.html\">described<\/a> on Google&#8217;s <em>Inside Search<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/insidesearch\/index.html\">site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To test the feature I tried to recall a time when I was unable to find additional information about an image. This has happened a few times while browsing photography and image sites, where an image&#8217;s source is sometimes not cited. However, since I didn&#8217;t save links when this occurred, I tried to recall other images that I found on the web for which I was unable to find additional information. I remembered the following video on YouTube, which plays a slide show of images to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_xx\">The\u00a0xx<\/a>\u2019<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_xx\"><\/a>s song <em>Intro<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lX5cAzP8wzY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first time I saw this video, I was curious about the image at 1:20 into the video. I tried contacting the user who uploaded the video, but I was only able to find out that the image was from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/\">deviantArt<\/a> and no longer accessible. I noticed in the comments that other YouTube users also sought information on the image. Although there is nothing very specific in the image that I could use in a search query, I remember trying to find the image using Google, and I probably used queries containing the keywords <em>nails<\/em>, <em>eyes<\/em>, <em>face paint<\/em>, and other keywords that ultimately did not lead me to the information I sought.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Yesterday, I captured the relevant image from the video and used the <em>Search by Image<\/em> feature to search <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/\">Google Images<\/a>. All I had to do was drag the image file from my desktop to the query box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-by-Image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1013\" title=\"Search by Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-by-Image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-by-Image.png 872w, https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-by-Image-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1-20-Into-XX-Intro-Video-YouTube.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-20 Into XX Intro Video YouTube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1-20-Into-XX-Intro-Video-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The search returned 57 results, and I was able to determine that the photographer was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caitlinworthington.com\/\">Caitlin Worthington<\/a>. The search returned links to additional\u00a0sites that the image was posted on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-Results.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1027\" title=\"Search Results\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-Results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-Results.png 966w, https:\/\/www.dannyadam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Search-Results-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My first experience with\u00a0<em>Search by Image<\/em> was positive. The feature was useful for obtaining additional information on an image that I found in a YouTube video, and I believe that I will have additional reasons to use this feature in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Images has a new feature called Search by Image that lets users search the web using an image. The feature was added a few days ago and is described on Google&#8217;s Inside Search site. 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