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Deindexed from image search only - website still at #1 regular search

by aussiebrah
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I've ranked highly as far as image search goes for a year. All images from my site were diendexed today, whilst the website remains #1 for regular search.

Could this be because I've been changing my images too much? I do a lot of photoshopping and when I see a better image I often replace older images. Maybe google thinks "can't trust this site to have the image".

I'm not sure what could cause images to be deindexed from google, while it still remains at number 1 for regular web search.

Any ideas?
#deindexed #image #regular #search #website
  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Are they deindexed or just not ranking where they were?

    There's a big difference.
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    • Profile picture of the author aussiebrah
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      Are they deindexed or just not ranking where they were?

      There's a big difference.
      they're deindexed i believe, completely gone, they don't even show up when searching the exact url
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Well that is a new one. I have never heard or seen that happen to anyone.
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  • Profile picture of the author webdevpro
    When you image search you website (not a particular url but the root one), are there any results?
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    Did you add alt tags to the new images? Missing alt tags is one of the possible reasons why your site no longer shows up in image search.
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    ONE HOUR INDEXING - STOP WASTING MONEY ON LINKS GOOGLE NEVER FINDS
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by aussiebrah View Post

    I've ranked highly as far as image search goes for a year. All images from my site were diendexed today, whilst the website remains #1 for regular search.

    Could this be because I've been changing my images too much? I do a lot of photoshopping and when I see a better image I often replace older images. Maybe google thinks "can't trust this site to have the image".

    I'm not sure what could cause images to be deindexed from google, while it still remains at number 1 for regular web search.

    Any ideas?
    Anytime you change/remove an image URL your basically starting over.

    If you deleted the old image URL, you could try 301 redirecting the old image URL back to the new image URL.
    • Old image URL ---> 301 redirect ---> New image URL

    Images rank like webpages (strong links). Images also have a few minor advantages, like surrounding an image with relevant keywords & image alt-text. Links are still the strongest ranking factor for images.
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