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Yeah, I think this has been around for at least a year. For others reading this, if you're looking for long tail content (e.g. running a ∃ type query), my expe
by EE84M3i 8y ago
Yeah, I think this has been around for at least a year.
For others reading this, if you're looking for long tail content (e.g. running a ∃ type query), my experience with reverse image engines is roughly:
Yandex > Google = Bing > Tineye
For niche content also worth checking KarmaDecay and SauceNao if relevant. Bing's gotten a bit better recently, and with the big boys playing in the space Tineye's quality has definitely dropped off. As far as I can tell Baidu's reverse image search is just complete garbage and never has any useful results. I rank Yandex higher than Google not because their algorithm is better (although it does seem to be a bit more tineye-style forgiving in terms of editing), but also because they seem to greedily index images they crawl in a way that google doesn't (e.g. AFAICT a lower percentage of the images available in google's text-based image search index are available for reverse-image searching than on yandex)
For non long-tail reverse image searching (e.g. I just want a larger size or to find the original source) I mostly stick with Google though, because they seem to make it easiest to binary search the search timeframe like how they caught DPR.
If you're on Firefox (might be a chrome version avail now too?) Image Search Options is the extension you want so you can compare the different engines with a single click.
If others have good newer resources I'd be interested to hear about them.
- natch 8y agoGreat comment, useful info! What is that about DPR? I had to do an acronym search. Dread Pirate Roberts? Is there a good story behind this about how they caught the suspect?
- EE84M3i 8y agoIf I remember correctly Ulbritch was originally caught by doing basically a "git bisect" on the records associated with one of his usernames: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/business/dealbook/the-unsung-tax-agent-who-put-a-face-on-the-silk-road.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/business/dealbook/the-uns...
- natch 8y agoThanks.