Image SEO - Does having multiple sites using same image help?

[art-boy]

I'd assume that if many websites reference the same image on a server that this image would rank higher in image results than a similar image that is only used on 1 website.I have yet to do any testing with this to be certain, but how important does this factor seem to be in regards to image SEO?

[CPLDistribution]

I am not too sure about the impact of having the image referenced on multiple sites, however, I do know that the number of links to the page with the image on and the anchor text of those links can have a positive impact on iimage seo.