Google has additionally up to date the picture search engine optimisation greatest practices doc to make clear that Google will parses img components even after they’re enclosed in different components reminiscent of image components when indexing photographs.
Beforehand, the road learn, “Google parses the HTML of your pages to index photographs, however would not index CSS photographs.”
Now, the road reads, “Utilizing semantic HTML markup helps crawlers discover and course of photographs. Google parses the HTML img components (even after they’re enclosed in different components reminiscent of image components) in your pages to index photographs, however would not index CSS photographs.”
Right here is the earlier than and after screenshots (earlier than on proper, after on left):
On one other word, Google additionally up to date the alt textual content and filenames within the examples to be extra descriptive.
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