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title: "Google Reverse Image Search"
description: "Here is a much underutilized tool for web sleuths tracking down the original owner behind an image. To determine fake profiles To find out about copyright theft To check against image rights Who else..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/blog/google-reverse-image-search/
date: 2012-03-19
modified: 2024-01-23
author: "InMotion Hosting"
image: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/reverseimagesearch.png
categories: ["Cool Tools", "Social Media"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Google Reverse Image Search

Here is a much underutilized tool for web sleuths tracking down the original owner behind an image.

- To determine fake profiles
- To find out about copyright theft
- To check against image rights
- Who else is selling your product? Stealing your idea?

Say you were just tweeted at by what you suspect is an automated profile, (what is known as a bot). Here is a useful way to determine if the name behind that image really is that person.

Take the image URL, or copy it and upload it here:

[![](/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/reverseimage.gif)](https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=Xi&authuser=0)

Now you should get a listing of locations wherever Google found the same image or even it’s derivatives.

Watch the following video for an example of checking whether a profile is using someone else’s image, and check to see who is using yours!