If you are a loyal reader of Byothe.fr, you must undoubtedly remember this article where I presented to you theGoogle tool for performing a reverse internet search from an image.
Please note that there is a quality alternative to Google Image called TinEye.
As its name does not indicate, TinEye will allow you to carry out an Internet search from an image... either by uploading it or from its URL.
Reverse image search with TinEye
The search will be carried out among the billions of images indexed by TinEye robots and will offer you all the results in the form of a list with the image found, its name, the page where it is located, the indexing date, its size and its format.
To help you find your way around, you have 5 filters at your disposal to sort the results returned by the tool:
- best match: the images that match best
- most changed: the images that have been retouched the most compared to your photo original
- biggest image: to find the largest images (useful when you have a low-resolution version and are looking for a better quality one)
- newest : for the most recent
- oldest: for the oldest
Also note that for each result, the “Compare Match” button allows you to compare the searched image and the result found, which can be useful for detecting possible differences.
To save time if you regularly use this type of service, TinEye has made available extensions for most popular web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera).
Also note that TinEye offers the possibility of creating a free account which will allow you to share your searches (otherwise the links of your searches expire after a few hours), to keep a history but also to be informed of the new features of the tool.
Find unauthorized copies of your photos
One of the great benefits of TinEye and its reverse search system is being able to find all copies of your photos and images and thus verify that they are being used wisely and in compliance with your rights.
Thanks to the information provided by this search, it is then very easy to find the people fraudulently using your photos, but also to know how long they have been doing it!
Find the original author of a photo on the web
Another advantage of this type of tool is that it allows you to find the original author of a photo or image or, in any case, to see the first time it appeared online.
In fact, by using the filtering of results based on their age, it is then possible to see where the photo was originally posted online.
In short, TinEye is a handy little web tool to keep handy in addition to Google Image.
Article updated on January 5, 2025 by Byothe
