Duplicate Bilder tend to really bother me in certain spots, and I’ve observed that I’m far from the only one. I know it’s difficult sometimes to know if an image has been uploaded into a spot oder not when there are 999,483,937 uploads, especially when they’re lacking in the Schlagwort department.

Google has this nice new feature called a Reverse Image Search. With a reverse image search, Du are able to Upload oder link an image into the Suchen bar and you’ll be gegeben a Liste of web pages containing your selected image.

(I’m about to walk Du through the steps. I’ll be using a picture from link)

* First, visit link. (tinyeye.com is also another reverse image Suchen engine, but it doesn’t have Fanpop in its database, so don’t bother.)
* Click on the camera Icon located at the end of the Suchen bar.

---A box will pop up. If Du have the image saved to your computer, click on the “upload an image” link, and… Upload the image. If it’s easier to get the image URL, get the URL and paste it in the textbox.

*Click Suchen and you’ll be taken to a Liste of results, as Google usually does. In some cases, such as this one, Google will add a word to describe your image.


---In most cases, if the image is already uploaded onto Fanpop, it will be displayed as one of the oben, nach oben results
*If Fanpop doesn’t come up as one of the results,
try erasing Google’s guess and type in “Fanpop”, then click Suchen again.
*By this point, Du should have your answer.

The oben, nach oben result will ALWAYS be:

“Fanpop - Fan Clubs for everything. What are Du a Fan of?
www.fanpop.com/
Fanpop is a network of Fan Clubs for Fans of television, movies, Musik and Mehr to discuss and share photos, videos, news and opinions with fellow fans. 42 images...”


So ignore that.
What Du need to look for is the results that follow. If Du don't get any Fanpop results, then you’re safe, sicher to Upload the image without committing the crime of duplication.

If Du DO get a Fanpop result, make sure Du follow the link and actually check which spot it was uploaded to. (You wouldn’t want to miss out on your opportunity just because someone uploaded the same image to the Zufällig spot 2.5 years Vor oder because it’s the thumbnail of some video)

If Du get Mehr than one Fanpop result, then that most likely means that the image has been uploaded to Mehr than one spot, as demonstrated below.


oder that the image appears on Mehr than one URL in one single spot, which is completely normal (the spot’s homepage, image page, Hintergründe page, the page for the image itself, the related Bilder thumbnail, a pick icon, etc.)

oder that a duplicate was added at some point oder another.


Here’s to hopes for less duplicate images.
Cheers!