Google Search Thumbnails: How to Get Image Previews
How Google picks the image In March 2026, Google added a section called “Specify a preferred image with metadata” to its image SEO documentation. No text in the image. Thumbnails in text results weren’t always common. C
How Google picks the image In March 2026, Google added a section called “Specify a preferred image with metadata” to its image SEO documentation.
No text in the image. Thumbnails in text results weren’t always common. Case 5: How image badges started In August 2017, Google began labeling images in Image Search with badges (Recipe, Product, Video).
Key takeaways
- Search Engine Land reported video and recipe data showing in mobile image results around the same time.
- Do I need structured data for a thumbnail, or is og: image enough?
- For rich results and badges, structured data with an image property is required.
Google ended FAQ rich results on May 7, 2026.
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