Image+Search+Engines


 * Image Search Engines to Find Photos Online**

**Imagery** ** [|Imagery] ** This has a cool **tabbed search interface** to browse your searched images. Just keep searching new image terms, which keep compiling in new tabs, click to load full size image at the bottom or in new window. Loads 20-100 images at a time in **ajax-y fashion**. Best for research and keep collecting all your search images easily. You can tweak preferences to select JPG, GIF or PNG, sort by size, sort by black and white, grayscale or color and of course get safe for work images too. [|Test]

**Google Images Search** ** [|Google Image Search] ** is probably the most common image search engine you might have used. Gives you thousands of image results very fast. But a limitation is you need to click to the image source page to see the full size image (Power it up with [|Google Image Ripper] to get no more thumbnails and load full size images directly). You can sort images by **JPG, GIF, BMP or PNG**, sort by b&W or color, with an option for **extra large images**. You can also search news content and faces too!. Use more filters to stop that NSFW image with moderate filtering or strict filtering. [|Test].

**Yahoo! Image Search** ** [|Yahoo Image Search] ** will find photos and clicking on images will take you to the source page with a framed interface, with an option to mail to a friend. You can opt for color and b&w by quick links. Select photo size with a **wallpaper mode** too which gives you images on all usual desktop sizes. It gives **related searches** too at the bottom of results. Its also powers the AlltheWeb search engine. [|Test].

**Ask Images** ** [|Ask Images Search] ** will search your desired images and suggest ways to **expand or narrow your search** for better results. A unique preference is finding **buddy icons**. It will suggest **related information** from Wikipedia, videos from Youtube, news, profiles and more. [|Test].

**Bing Image Search** ** [|Bing Images] ** searches through all images of your choice. One cool option is to search “Showing only **images of your desktop size**” to find that ideal wallpaper even if you do not know your display settings. Another cool feature is you can drag images from the search results to a **scratchpad** and create a photo collection. Find related results. You can adjust a **slider** to see smaller thumbnails and fit in more photos. [|Test]

**Picsearch** ** [|PicSearch] ** claims to index 2 billion images on the web. All images are output-ed as thumbnails and click through to a framed page with the original source. Selecting the preferences you can select only **animations** only. You can also sort images by various **image sizes based by pixels** ( [|Test <50px] ). And they are **family friendly** images by default, which cannot be changed. [|Test]. **Exalead Image Search Engine** ** [|Exalead] ** will let you change the **background** to black or white. Then you can customize it to find few prefixed size desktop wallpapers. It can also **search faces**. You can again choose color or B&W and image sizes. You can click on options to view direct image links with no frames. Or click the image to browse the images and their source sites in frames. [|Test].

**Pixsy** ** [|Pixsy] ** will let you search and extract images from popular **free image hosting services** Webshots, Photobucket, Sevenload, SuperiorPics, ViewImages etc. Switch the media type to Images in the drop down options. Clicking the image will take you to the framed page, where you can browse images, and see source page. You can email or save to ‘My Pixsy’ too. [|Test].

**Flickr** ** [|Flickr Images] ** – Its the **top image sharing community** on the web sharing their best photos with you. Many unique photos can be found, many personally photographed and with copyrights reserved. You can browse in detailed or thumbnail view. Another option is to sort by View: Most relevant or Most recent or **Most interesting** as judged by the community. Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work [|under a Creative Commons license], which means you can use their content with some rights reserved. [|Test].

**Webshots** ** [|Webshots] ** is another **huge photo sharing community** where people upload their choicest photos and share them. Lookout for copyright issues in these photo album collections. They have a desktop software to have fun with your wallpapers and screensavers. [|Test].

**Photobucket** ** [|Photobucket] ** is a huge resource of great images. It is a **free online image hosting service** that gives webmasters a free alternative to host large images, saving their server bandwidth. Most images might not have a copyright notice, so beware before reusing. [|Test].

**Getty Images** ** [|Getty Images Search] ** - They are famous for those unique **stock photos** you find on magazines, newspapers and corporate new blogs worldwide. Browse through their huge collection and find unique images not indexed by other search engines. In the multiple options, select only **Editorial Images** (All Editorial, All time). You can also sort by Horizontal or Vertical. Register to get **price quote**. [|Test].

**Corbis** ** [|Corbis] ** is another popular huge database that provides **stock Images**. You can search through **Rights Managed, Royalty-Free images**. You can search by Photography and Illustrations too. But you need to register with Corbis – to license the best images available, view and download large images with no watermarks, use personalized lightboxes to store and share your favorite images and license and download images online. [|Test]. Free stock photos can also be found at [|Clipart.com], [|FreeFoto] , [|Stock.xchng]