Thursday, February 16, 2012

Tip of the Week: Searching by Image

This is fun, and maybe even a little scary, especially for those of you worried about privacy! Try a search for yourself. Again from the New York Times.

"Searching Google for images of a person, place or thing is easy enough by just typing keywords into the search box. Google also has a feature that actually lets you search for information with a particular image itself — and get back results related to the picture or its contents.

To search by image, go to images.google.com and click on the camera icon in the search box. You can choose to paste in an image’s URL or upload one from your computer to search; Chrome and Firefox users can drag a loose image from the desktop into the search box to kick off the quest."

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