Google+ Influences Google Images

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I did a search for “champions” today to get a suitable image for an email response. I was surprised to see Joseph Siroker’s image showing up within the results. The image is not actually relevant to the search query and only contains the text “Champions” in the description. Is that enough to trick Google Images into showing your images?