Is there a way to stop google from...
 

indexing images?


How do I stop google from indexing images on my sites. Too many friggen surfers browsing the images off of google & not the pages that contain the image & it's pissing me off

You can redirect the visitor from google images to any page.

Hotlink protect your site, that way the surfer have to load the page to se the image

:) :) :) :) :)

I don't know how to do that.

I know how to redirect on a html page, but how would I redirect visitors to images?

I could do it via .htaccess, but that is dependant if I can get it to work with wordpress's rewrites. I've had issues with htaccess & wordpress.

ya bro, just call google's tech support

Google isnt hotlinking the image, they are displaying it with a link, click here to see full size image.

Yeah, & I'm sure they'll get right on it too :)

Maybe I should send them a C&D like perfect 10 would :)

:1orglaugh :thumbsup

Same thing. Hotlink protection protects against other referers than your own site, it doesn't matter if those are links or pages your images are embedded in.

I'm still trying to get that working with wordpress. I need some serious help with that. Still havent found the answer. I know how to htaccess to disallow hotlinking, but it don't work with the existing htaccess for wordpress.
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=552493

This is what I am using with my WP blogs. It works between sites but I haven't checked it against google images. Don't see why it shouldn't.

I also use the WP rewrite for SE friendly post names.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp|mpg|mpeg|wmv|asf)$ - [F,NC]

Use a frame buster to break out of the Google image view frame.


<script>
<!--
if( window != window.top ) {
top.location.href = location.href;
}
//-->
</script>

I've done that before does google penalize sites for doing that just curious?

I use a frame breaker on a couple of my sites