A keyword I've used in an IMAGE is sending me lots of traffic I do not want. How do I fix this? Should I just re-name the ALT tag and file name for this image? If I do, I assume eventually Google will stop showing this IMAGE to people for this particular term. And hopefully my bounce rate will normalize. But will this cause a different problem, a 404? Any advice?!
Anyone think I should rename the image, the change the type of 'bouncing' traffic it's currently sending?
Rename the image and create a Google XML Image Sitemap. This will speed up the process of google removing your image for the original term. Why dont you utilise the traffic ? What is the image and the current search term if you dont mind me asking ?
Hi joshll, Thanks for the good tip to fix this. I renamed the image yesterday, but didn't realize I'd better re-submit my sitemap. Thanks!! Here's the story regarding this... I have an online marketing services site. After the Super Bowl, I wrote a blog post including lots of videos of what I thought were the best Super Bowl ads or commercials. The blog post has a cool caricature image of a New York Giants football player that's sending me all the crazy traffic. I'm getting a ton of traffic from Google Image Search from people searching for "GIANTS." Note: -- The image FILE name doesn't have the word "Giants" in it. -- The ALT tag does not contain the word "Giants." -- Only the Image Title contained the word "Giants." (I deleted this word out yesterday.) So heads-up everyone: Google really pays attention to the words used in your Image Title. So DON'T use a word you don't want Google to possibly run with. I think I had titled the image something like "Super Bowl Ads like Giants." I rarely get traffic for my real, intended keyphrase in there: "Super Bowl Ads." But those "Giants" fans sure are trampling my bounce rate.
I saw this thread and my jaw dropped. Google is still indexing the image to your site. Can I have it? That traffic is perfect for me.