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Google Image Indexing for Reused Photos – Best Practices?

I run a self-hosted WordPress + WooCommerce photography site and often reuse the same image across blog posts and product pages. For example, I might post a few images in a blog post and later use one of the same images in my gallery or on a product page.

I’m noticing that in Google Image Search, an image sometimes appears linked to the “wrong” post. Often, it’s displayed with the label “Blog – mysitedotcom” instead of linking to the actual article. I assume this happens because Google indexes the first image it sees, which on my blog page displays 10 posts per page with featured images.

I’m using Yoast, and some guides suggest turning on “Enable media pages,” but I don’t think that would help. Some sources also suggest giving each image a unique filename, but with thousands of images, that isn’t practical.

My goal: I’m not running a full-time business - I’m a hobbyist photographer and I want my images to be discovered organically through Google search, without relying on social media.

My main question is If I reuse the same image across multiple posts or products, what’s the best way to ensure Google indexes it for each page correctly? Should I avoid having my gallery images be indexed since I would rather the images be linked to blog posts?

Apologies if this is a dumb question, but I’ve made huge progress through this sub (ranking #1 for my name is one example), and learning SEO has been a huge help.

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