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But is there any way to redirect that hotlinking page to my site's page?
Maybe. But from a user standpoint if I get redirected to a page that I didn't request, I am not going to react very favorably to the that page. Regardless of the situation, I would blame the end site for hijacking me. The better choice would be to send back an image that says "This site is attempting to steal an image from blah, blah, blah..." and give the user the option of typing in your url and viewing your site.
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if i use .htaccess to block the images will Google Image Search be able to show them in search results
From what I have seen, sometimes yes and sometimes no. I suppose that since there are countless ways to configure a server that there is no definitive answer for your question. I did find a thread that may help you accomplish what you want. You may have seen it already:
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The Google term I used for searching was 'googlebots htaccess to images' and 'googlebots htaccess to images prevent hotlink'. The first search seemed more relevant to your question.
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