Question for Wordpress & SEO Experts

[Jim_Gunn]

I have a blog that is getting decent traffic from Google images and the international versions of Google images probably since I am careful to name my .jpg images with appropriate names. So my images come up first or close to first for a few specific terms and link to my blog creating nice organic traffic. The only weird issue is that the little thumbnail that one can see when you do the Google image search for those terms is not exactly the right ones. Usually instead of displaying the thumbnail pertaining to the search term, based on the image that pertained to the searched term, it randomly displays an image contained in one of the widgets in the sidebar that have nothing to do with the searched term. Not always the same incorrect image either. It's still free traffic and lists the name of my site underneath the image, but it's not ideal that when you do an image search for "Mary & Jane" (theoretical example) that a thumbnail image of "Suzy Q" (made up example) that just happens to be in the sidebar of the Wordpress blog where "Mary & Jane" are featured in several postings in the central section. Any way to fix this or should I just be happy for the free traffic even if the thumbnails are off.

[TheDoc]

Base on the picture name and/or alt text used, the text around the image with a incoming link (internal or external) will confirm the images meaning.

Having both girls images on the same page, with text around them each, will still produce cross listings like you see. If you want to clean that up you have to break every image down to it's own targeted page with proper links coming into those.

You are getting the listings because you are more relevant than the others, even though it isn't a dead on match.

[HomerSimpson]

1. do nothing (it acutally converts on some of my blogs but not at all)
2. redirect it
3. kill frame (so user can't go back to google and he stays on your site with code below)

<script type="text/javascript">
setTimeout('brakef()', 1500);
function brakef() {
  if (window.top!=window.self) {
    window.top.location=self.location;
  }
}
</script>

the timeout settings is set to 1500 and thats 1,5 seconds (it's in milliseconds so 1000 is = 1s)

[pornguy]

1. do nothing (it acutally converts on some of my blogs but not at all)
2. redirect it
3. kill frame (so user can't go back to google and he stays on your site with code below)

<script type="text/javascript">
setTimeout('brakef()', 1500);
function brakef() {
  if (window.top!=window.self) {
    window.top.location=self.location;
  }
}
</script>

the timeout settings is set to 1500 and thats 1,5 seconds (it's in milliseconds so 1000 is = 1s)

While that is not really a bad idea, its not the best one either. If you plan to kill the frame, give them more time. Pissing off a surfer is not worth the wast of the bandwidth. If they click an image its because they are interested in something IN THAT image., If they do not find that image on your site they will most likely want to back out.

[Jdoughs]

There is also a good WP Plugin called SEM Frame Buster. It works well to close the frame if your blog is loaded in one. It has affected my image traffic in no way, except they are on my site clicking instead of google images.