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Can somebody please explain in layman terms, why my new web page came up 3rd on google selecting my picture logo on the site. Then I made some changes to the site over the next few days, changed the picture and added heaps more (am very very new to creating web pages, from home) and now Google still shows me on the list, 5 or 6 on list but it still shows the original link on the list and when I click to go it says page cannot be displayed (because that picture was removed and replaced). Why wont it list the new page and new photos? The site is the same, but why does google only recognise that first picture?
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Short explanation and practical checks for (and others seeing the same): Google often shows the old image because search results reflect what Google last crawled and indexed, not the site’s current live view. Two common causes are: (a) a cached/old image URL still in Google’s index (so clicking it hits a removed file), and (b) a business listing (Google Places / Google Business Profile) or another site still pointing to the original image. ’s Places suggestion is plausible, and is right that search engines can take time — but a few targeted actions can speed things up.

Quick checklist to diagnose and fix:

  • Use a site: query (site:example.com) to see which pages are indexed and whether the old page still appears.
  • View the cached copy shown by Google for the result to confirm what Google last saw.
  • Inspect the page source to get the image URL shown in the result; visit that URL directly to observe the server response (200, 404, 410, redirect).
  • If a CDN or caching plugin is used, purge its cache so the new file serves immediately.
  • If the old image URL must go away, either 301-redirect that URL to the new image/page or return a 410 to indicate permanent removal (410 usually speeds de-indexing).
  • If the image is tied to a Google business listing, update the listing’s photos; Google may prefer that image for local results.

Best-practice notes:

  • Use descriptive filenames and alt text so image search understands the change (example):

    <img src="logo-companyname-2026.png" alt="CompanyName logo">

  • Add images in <img> tags (not only CSS backgrounds), consider an image sitemap, and submit the updated page to Google Search Console (URL Inspection / request indexing). Changes often reappear within hours to days, though wider re-indexing can take longer.

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Member Avatar for Tiggerito

If Google was displaying a logo then there's a good chance it's your Google Places entry that they are using.

Does it include a link to "Places"?

Could you upload a screen shot of what you are seeing?

Member Avatar for canadafred

The search engine will eventually figure it out. Here's a tip. Keep your important things the same, only modify secondary content and then keep creating new web pages for more newer content. Maybe start by trying your hand at blogging.

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