Have you ever found an image online that you would like to use as a central focus for a presentation? Yesterday I searched long and hard for images of stick-figures…and yes, I did find images I could use, but it took quite a while and I had to try several different search strategies. Imagine my delight when I happened across GazoPa, a search tool that makes it easy (or at least easier) to search for similar images. “GazoPa is a next generation similar image search engine that uses image features such as a color and a shape that are extracted from an image.”

Simply upload an image and start your search…or…you can draw an image to search for (my results were pretty interesting, but then again so is my artistic ability), use an image URL, or use a keyword search. If you aren’t happy with your search results try searching for parameters such as color, shape, layout, face. GazoPa isn’t perfect, but it is simple to use and I did get some relevant results quickly and efficiently. Give it a spin and let us know what you think!