I know everyone knows you can do a word search on Google but did you know you can also search for a photo? For example, the image below is the head image on my website and has been up for about twenty years. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/25group.jpg Searching 'by image' gives https://www.google.com/search?tbs=s...=2ahUKEwie7YShr4LuAhVMCN8KHSG6C8QQ9Q96BAgBEBc listing 574 results. I did not check all of these (some are dead) but some are places I used the image; some are people I gave permission to use the image (for example Ancient Coins for Education) and several that I had no idea would want my image. Perhaps my favorites are the sites promoting making private ownership illegal. After all, I am scum so stealing from me is justified --- right? Other favorites are in languages I do not speak and about subjects I do not understand. Some are school projects and other non commercial uses that I am happy to help. I enjoy looking at how widespread my image has become.
I use Google's image search often. Sometimes the results are hilariously wrong or generic. Other times it is quite helpful!
Here's a funny example of a baffling hit. The image I searched: Google's algorithm considered the following image "visually similar" :
This is too much fun . Here's another miss: The first hit in the "visually similar" parade: I guess the color palette is similar...
Yes, I know you enjoy working for a living but I suspect you could go full time issuing CaCa stickers to those who value a third party opinion. I mean, anyone can get a professional grading service just by sending money but CaCa is an honor most rare. (You have to have been here a while.)
