{"id":318,"date":"2012-03-19T23:53:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T23:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/?p=318"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T20:33:57","slug":"google-reverse-image-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/google-reverse-image-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reverse Image Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a much underutilized tool for web sleuths tracking down the original owner behind an image.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To determine fake profiles<\/li>\n<li>To find out about copyright theft<\/li>\n<li>To check against image rights<\/li>\n<li>Who else is selling your product? Stealing your idea?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Take the image URL, or copy it and upload it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/imghp?hl=en&amp;tab=Xi&amp;authuser=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-319 skip_lazy\" title=\"reverseimage\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/reverseimage.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/reverseimage.gif 640w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/reverseimage-300x147.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/reverseimage-500x245.gif 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now you should get a listing of locations wherever Google found the same image or even it&#8217;s derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the following video for an example of checking whether a profile is using someone else&#8217;s image, and check to see who is using yours!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8mWkZ1dSy64\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a much underutilized tool for web sleuths tracking down the original owner behind an image. 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