How to Search For Faces On Google Image Search


Are there occasions when you’re searching for someone’s photo on Google Image Search, but something else shows up in the results?

In order to improve Google Image Search and Picasa, Google acquired Neven Vision last year for their image object recognition technology (old news, but may be new to someone).

To search faces on Google Image Search, just do the following:

  • Simply add ‘&imgtype=face’ behind your search URL.

Image search - Burger

After you add the ‘&imgtype=face’ parameter at the back of your search URL, pictures of person with the name “Burger” will be shown instead. See below:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=burger&imgtype=face produces:

Face search - Burger

via TechBuzz | Posted by Vincent Chow


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • I've never seen before :)
    Thanks
  • vincentchow
    Helpful when one met with situation mentioned above. Knew you're a loyal Connected Internet reader long ago :)
  • Never knew that. Seems to be a pretty useful tip. Hey, good to see you here Vincent!
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