How many of us use this function?
I occasionally go through my images, and see where they exist in the world.
My most "borrowed" is the hairdresser composite of the ladies under the dryer(s) [We only had one dryer in reality]
It gets used for all sorts of things, from hair salons to cross-dressing blogs!
I also get a chuckle out of the "style" words that Google attributes to an image.....
Go on, give it a try!
Yes, let's all discover who's pirating our stuff and thoroughly depress ourselves ;)
People don't nick my images off me (in most cases they've had permission -- though they might be getting used without permission by fans of a couple of bands), and until recently my PP portfolio has been members-only. But a photo I took twelve or more years ago of a white arena polo ball on a white background got lifted off flickr by the Alibaba manufacturer of said item a while ago and often turns up on Amazon with different logos on it. And of course now it's been on Alibaba, other people lift it from there.
Edited by Unfocussed Mike
The only time I ever found one of my images being used was a picture of an Australian model who I'd shot while she'd been in the UK, with her partner, shortly before they moved back to Australia.
It was being used by an Australian male escort.
If only I could have found a way to sue him for enough to make the effort worthwhile!
hahahahahahahahahahaha! one of my suicide images, google thought it was "comfort".
Bob @ Fatbloke said
How many of us use this function?
I occasionally go through my images, and see where they exist in the world.
My most "borrowed" is the hairdresser composite of the ladies under the dryer(s) [We only had one dryer in reality]
It gets used for all sorts of things, from hair salons to cross-dressing blogs!
I also get a chuckle out of the "style" words that Google attributes to an image.....
Go on, give it a try!
It is indeed a fascinating area.
Sometimes however, Google on its own is insufficient, certainly for my needs. To get around its limitations, I use Armin Sebastian's "Search by Image" extension for Firefox (and Firefox Developers Edition). This offers a selectable list of the planet's image search engines, from which you may pick one or more image search engines. You may also create a sublist of your favourite image search engines to suit your particular purposes and interests. It's surprisingly easy to use too. Current search engines include:-
More information about the project:-
Direct link to the relevant Mozilla Extensions page:-
Tip: If you are looking for stolen images, the Russian engine Yandex often returns some of the most interesting results. :-)
HTH :-)
