Can somebody teach me the fine art of reverse image searching?

Even when I do it with pics that I'm sure should be somewhere on the internet, I seem to get no hits, either with Tin Eye or Google. What are the tricks to this?

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TexChik · F

Try reversing the image and scanning again .

LookingForIt987 · 51-55, M

@TexChik Not sure what you mean by "reversing the image". Can you explain?

TexChik · F

@LookingForIt987 flip it over ... so it’s backwards of the original , some do that because it won’t be detected by a lot of the search engines

LookingForIt987 · 51-55, M

Ah, I see. Thanks!