Google Search and to lesser extent, Bing Search, are now useless for image search. Image Search in many ways was a great tool in the past. It allowed people to get SEO from other traffic sources.
However, it has increasingly become useless as image search largely scrapes old sites. This is an issue when looking for infographics and you are seeing old charts from the 2000s. This means that Bush Era statistics are showing up in image search and skewing our politics. People are arguing over old statistics and old realities that are not relevant to the current age we are in.
More importantly, when it comes to historical research, the image search is just bringing up the same results. When it comes to historical research, new findings are happening across the globe. However, the search engines often scrape the sites many times. Micro blogs, Instagram users are often ignored by the search engines
Enter Pinterest.
I had a Pinterest account for many years, yet I have not seriously started using it until now. The site is much better than Instagram where you cannot copy picture or even share them easily.
When it comes to Byzantine Clothes or Byzantine history in general, it is a great place to get such images. Pinterest also functions as a great way to get to small blogs or galleries of photos.
Pinterest tends to get more precise the more you like or collect images into your boards on the site. Unlike other sites, Pinterest’s advertising is light on the eyes and is not getting in the way.
Getting images of Byzantine clothes is rather tough on the regular search engines. The images above never show up in the top results. Many images from reenactors which are often on Instagram or other sites seem not be scraped by the search engines.
After coming back to Pinterest, I see that the site can replace image search on both Google and Bing. It is probably one of the best image search engines.
Here is the method to get Byzantine Images of any kind on Pinterest.
How to Search for Byzantine Images on Pinterest
Step 1:
Type in Byzantine and add your particular topic to that. For example, Byzantine + Clothes or any other topic. Refining your search too much may cause it to give other historical periods such as the Ottonian era or a vague Medieval era. Just use Byzantine + what you are searching without too much specificity to it.
Step 2: Choose an image that relates to the topic.
Step 3: Click this button:
Step 4: See the results on the page.
Step 5: Two Options: Either you are looking for something to wear at a reenactment or you are just looking for images.
Shop the Look: This will guide to pins that link to an Etsy or Amazon site.
More to Explore: This allows you to search for more images similar to this. This way allows to make more precise searches on the given image.
Conclusion: Pinterest is a hidden gem of search engine. Using this site helps to reveal all the hidden photos, posts and other content that is needed to help people learn about any history or topic they wish. I highly recommend creating a Pinterest account and following my board here at: Byzantine Pinterest Site.
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