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Will linking an image to it's image file cause Google to send traffic to the image file instead of the page itself?

Hey all!

I've got some images on a page and I want them to show up in Google image search, and I also want the users to be able to click each image if they want to, and go directly to the image file to get a bigger image. (if that makes sense. Basically, it's the setting in Wordpress where you can link your image to the image file, so the user can click it and go to a page of just the image).

The thing is, I don't want Google to send traffic to the image files (rather than the actual page). I would rather it send the traffic to the page with all the images. I know it will do this if I don't create any links to the image files, but if I do create links to the images, will Google still send the traffic to the page (and not just directly to the image)?

Hope that makes sense! Thanks!

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