TinEye is a reverse image search engine, meaning you give it a picture and it finds that picture elsewhere on the web. If you already have the image you’re looking for why would this service be helpful? Here’s what they say:
- Find out where an image came from, or get more information about it
- Research or track the appearance of an image online
- Find higher resolution versions of an image
- Locate web pages that make use of an image you have created
- Discover modified or edited versions of an image
This seems like a rather anorexic list of useful functions for what is actually a pretty cool concept. TinEye is currently in Beta, but it works as advertised.
