Google is as soon as once more investigating points with recipe photographs and different photographs not displaying for some websites inside the Google Search outcomes. We reported on several issues with recipe websites several weeks ago and it appears to be taking place once more for a few of these websites.
I’m not certain whether it is associated to Google penalizing some recipe sites for improper use of recipe markup or if this can be a bug with Google Search.
There are complaints from principally recipe websites but in addition from different websites about this problem.
Right here is the issue, the place a website’s recipe picture just isn’t displaying within the search outcomes:
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, replied to one of many complaints on X saying, “I’ve had a number of experiences of this, so I’ll move it on.” Sure, I noticed a number of extra experiences of this, right here is one other one:
@rustybrick Thumbnails in hyperlink serps for meals bloggers (presumably different niches additionally) disappearing once more. Have you ever seen any of this? Taking place to me too.
— Courtney Whitmore (@Pizzazzerie) March 20, 2024
There are lots of different complaints within the Google Webmaster Forums, here’s a screenshot from a few days in the past:
Once more, I’m not certain if this can be a bug or one thing intentional however I’m seeing extra complaints about picture thumbnails not displaying up within the search outcomes once more.
Discussion board dialogue at X.