[Mihx]

Originally Posted by hardcoreblogger

the breakout frame is not the same as editing htaccess in order to redirect google image traffic. the breakout frame is usually put in the header, i had mixed results with it like you, so i dropped it.

I'm aware of that - I was just pointing it out as an example of what might happen if you tamper with Google's search results in one way or another.
I haven't tried redirecting GI traffic myself - and obviously it sounds like some webmasters are having success with it.