Hello, I was browsing google images for my website when I found a handful of weird images linked to my store. I have no idea where they are coming from, and I don’t know if reindexing the page will make them go away. I’m hoping someone else has experienced this, so we can find a solution. See the link for one image, and I have attached a screenshot that includes the other weird images as well. They are boxed in red. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hi Renata! ![]()
This usually happens when Google mistakenly associates unrelated images with your product pages — and in your case, that image URL (lh3.googleusercontent.com) is actually a Google profile photo, often pulled in through review apps or comment sections that display customer avatars.
To fix this:
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Check your review or chat apps — they might be showing profile images pulled from Google accounts.
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Look for settings to turn off customer avatars or switch to generic icons instead.
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If that image is no longer part of your page, go to Google Search Console → URL Inspection, enter the page URL, and click “Request Indexing” so Google re-crawls it with the updated content.
I hope it helps.
Thanks
Hi @renatarubio
From what I know about Google images, the Google Search algorithms select the images as it believes that it is something that would benefit the users. Therefore we cannot control what it will display in the search results when searching on our end. But if you would like to remove the unrelated images eternally, you can check this guideline I find from Google for reference, which may be helpful on your current issue. Thank you!
You could first check if those images are actually hosted on your store by running them through a reverse search. I’ve used face2social.com before for quick checks like that, since it can spot where a photo shows up online. If the images aren’t on your site, clearing old URLs in Google Search Console and requesting reindexing usually gets rid of weird leftovers pretty fast.
