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So I have always renamed my file before uploading it.  But what I realized is that while I was occasionally filling in the "title, alt text, description" I was not doing that consistently.  I have started going back into my media library and filling that information in.  As I have thousands of pictures on my sites, it will take some time, but I'm hoping that will fix my issue.

I would also love to know if title, alt text and description should be the same.  My gut says "no" because Google would likely see that as "spammy."  I'm certain I could be wrong though.  Would love to hear from others.

Well I would argue that the images I have posted are kick-ass, so I'm guessing that's not my issue.

Thank you Tim.

How can I tell if my site has an image sitemap already?

How could make website rank so high but not the images?  Seems like both should be ranking about the same, no?

Thank you Oleg.

So when I put this in Google and click on the image results, I get a TON of my pictures.  I think that means Google is indexing my images, would that be true?

Here's the "this" I referred to:  site:lseverson.com newborn photography

Thank you Tim.

How can I tell if my site has an image sitemap already?

Thank you Oleg!

Unfortunately, I do ALL those things and I still can't seem to get my images to appear.  I am a photographer, so I use the word "portrait"  "photography" "photographer" as well as "newborn" and "baby" and maybe it thinks I'm keyword stuffing.  But the reality is just about every picture I display is a "newborn baby picture" or "baby photograph."  Is it possible that Google thinks I'm trying to spam it by using these words over and over, even if they are words that accurately describe what's in the image?

My website ranks at the top for my keywords, but my images barely show up on Google Images.  I'm renaming them, tagging them, I'm not sure what else I can possibly do.  Any suggestions?  Thanks!