# Photo Search **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-search/541684 "2010-06-02T19:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![waitabit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@waitabit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waitabit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-search/541684/1 "2010-06-02T19:01:58Z")
Is it possible to submit a photo to “the internet” and do a search to see if a match can be found? ---
**Author:** ![Livardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-search/541684/2 "2010-06-02T19:16:59Z")
> [@waitabit](#): > > Is it possible to submit a photo to “the internet” and do a search to see if a match can be found? Try [http://www.tineye.com/](http://www.tineye.com/) You won’t get hits for images that look like the image you’re submitting though. ---
**Author:** ![waitabit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@waitabit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waitabit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-search/541684/3 "2010-06-03T00:53:06Z")
Thanks. I will try it. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-search/541684/4 "2010-06-03T06:16:09Z")
If you have a phone with Android, try [Google Goggles.](http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text). Not much need for it, but I tried it once for fun and it worked pretty well