Images Sitemap GWT - not indexed?

[bjs2010]

So we went ahead and created an image sitemap of 2387 images, one for each product - I was hoping it would give us better exposure in image results.

No joy, over 7 days and they only showing as "sent" but not "indexed".

Any ideas?

[Matthew_Edgar]

I've had issues getting images indexed as well. A few thoughts:

--> It could just take time. It has been a week since you posted, so if you are still having this problem, then clearly something isn't right.

--> Along with checking GWT, have you been searching for the image in a Google search? Sometimes GWT doesn't show the most accurate number.

--> Have you verified that your image sitemap is valid? Sometimes a simple mistake can prevent indexation. If you want to send me the link via private message, I'd be happy to take a look.

--> Obvious question, but have you checked things like robots.txt to ensure images can be accessed by Google's bots?

[mstoic]

Most of the times images are already in the index. Do a quick search on "images.google.com" with "site:yoursite.com"

See if you get results from your website.

[bjs2010]

Thanks for your reply.

Just checked that, and we have lost all images in search - only have 4 there from thousands!

This has coincided since we moved to cdn - but we also have implemented a google sitemap with images included.

My next step, is to put our cdn image address in the sitemap, not the local domain one as on our site none of the links contain this address but the cdn address.

Any more suggestions welcome!

[alphonseha]

Hey Ben, it has been quite a while, I would like to know if this has resolved and if so, how?

I have a client who have millions of images and we have created sitemaps but they have not indexed any from the sitemap. I am guessing that it might be some information structure/link juice flow issue but any more info on the matter is gladly welcome.