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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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In the past, when someone had an item to identify, I would "copy image address" and paste it into Google Lens. However, when I tried it today I got the following error message:  I tried with an image link from a different thread with the same results. This was easier than saving the image and uploading it to Lens, but at least it can still be done. Help us, bobby-wan-kenobi. You are our only hope. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Did you try restarting your computer. May just need to reset the google search.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
24894 Posts |
It works with links from other sites. And for once it's not a problem with my computer!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
24894 Posts |
I suppose it's because Google is not human.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Valued Member
Italy
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I suppose it's because Google is not human More specifically it's because this site is now using cloudflare. You will need to download the image and then reupload to google instead of feeding the link.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I hadn't tried Google Lens (that I can recall) so I'm not very confident, but have you tried using "copy image" and then pasting directly, without explicitly saving in the middle? It works for me with Google image search.
EDIT: turns out Google Lens is what they renamed the image search to, so yeah, that works. Just tested with the image from this thread. Might be browser-dependent, though (I'm using Firefox).
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Forum Dad
United States
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I suppose it's because Google is not human Good place to start, if that's the case, I can fix it. I just have to find the user agent for Google Lens. I'm on it. |
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Forum Dad
United States
24147 Posts |
All the user agents are allowed so that's not it.
I'll still investigate. Cursory searching shows others are having this issue too.
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Forum Dad
United States
24147 Posts |
Finally got it, should be working now. It uses a user agent that Google hasn't published anywhere.
Let me know if you have any issues.
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Moderator
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
24894 Posts |
It's working perfectly, bobby. Thank you for fixing this issue!  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Forum Dad
United States
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Posted 09/10/2025 9:02 pm
