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Marc Bolh
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I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those.

  So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see my page which appears first in the image below.

Can you please confirm ifIs there is a way to direct googleget Google to index theCSS images like with an image sitemapenclosed in div tags?

Does an image haveAny tips to be included inimprove the IMG tag to be considered for a thumbnailprobability that my hero images appear as thumbnails in the SERP?

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I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those.

  So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see below.

Can you please confirm if there is a way to direct google to index the images like with an image sitemap?

Does an image have to be included in the IMG tag to be considered for a thumbnail in the SERP?

enter image description here

I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those. So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see my page which appears first in the image below.

Is there a way to get Google to index CSS images enclosed in div tags?

Any tips to improve the probability that my hero images appear as thumbnails in the SERP?

enter image description here

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I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those. See example French Love Words page.

So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see below.

Can you please confirm if there is a way to direct google to index the images like with an image sitemap?

Does an image have to be included in the IMG tag to be considered for a thumbnail in the SERP?

enter image description here

I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those. See example French Love Words page.

So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see below.

Can you please confirm if there is a way to direct google to index the images like with an image sitemap?

Does an image have to be included in the IMG tag to be considered for a thumbnail in the SERP?

enter image description here

I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those.

So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see below.

Can you please confirm if there is a way to direct google to index the images like with an image sitemap?

Does an image have to be included in the IMG tag to be considered for a thumbnail in the SERP?

enter image description here

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Marc Bolh
Marc Bolh
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Why aren't my hero images appearing as thumbnails in the SERP?

I display hero images across the top of my blog pages. However, I use CSS images rendering through div tags and I read that google doesn't typically index those. See example French Love Words page.

So the images aren't included as thumbnails in SERPs, see below.

Can you please confirm if there is a way to direct google to index the images like with an image sitemap?

Does an image have to be included in the IMG tag to be considered for a thumbnail in the SERP?

enter image description here