The search mode can be set independently for the context menu and the browser toolbar from the extension's options.

The extension also supports searching with images from your device, images from private sites, and captured areas of the page.Ī handful of search modes are offered that serve different use cases. Images positioned at the selected area are detected regardless of how they were embedded in the page. Visit the wiki for the full list of supported search engines. The extension enables you to search for images from the context menu and the browser toolbar with the help of a diverse set of reverse image search engines, which can be toggled and reordered from the extension's options.

Search by Image is also popular among photographers, helping artists explore how their work is shared on the web, while shoppers find it valuable for discovering similar products at discounted prices. The extension helps journalists and researchers verify the authenticity of images, and assists in the identification of false information on social media. The 'Allow access to search page results' option must be enabled for the extension on the chrome://extensions page, otherwise the extension will not work as expected.

If you'd like to support the continued development of the extension, please check out Search by Image is an open source project made possible thanks to a community of awesome supporters. Search by Image is a browser extension for Opera that makes effortless reverse image searches possible, and comes with support for more than 30 search engines.

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