Article Images not showing up on Google News

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  • Resolved jm media

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    I’ve been suffering from an issue with google news and I am sure now that it is related to your plugin. I have a publication there but the articles that appear on google news don’t show the post thumbnail. see link [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMPfKmwswu9WzAw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen], the only time it’ll show an image is if I also add a youtube link or a second image inside the post itself.

    I discovered this is related to website structured data, and a google help personal told me that I don’t have a direct link to the post thumbnail image and as a result, I am not in line with google guidelines.

    He also linked me to this https://w3c.github.io/json-ld-syntax/#node-identifiers

    I revisit the plugin and found out I didn’t have the alt attributes for images set. So I turned both on and picked a value. Is this reason? and if not, please help me resolve this asap, this is affecting my visibility on google news

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  • Jeremy

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for keeping in touch and we deeply sorry for the unexpected delays and any inconvenience that might have caused due to that.

    Rank Math should generate the proper node or the proper schema which is the NewsArticle that is acceptable for Google News. I tested one of your content to Rich Result Test and it was accepted by Google. Please refer to my screenshots here:

    Rank Math’s schema accepted by Google:
    https://i.rankmath.com/uIsejz

    The PrimaryImage with ID was added by Rank Math in your Content.
    https://i.rankmath.com/rvd811

    I assume the second article schema here is from another plugin or theme which the support personnel from Google saw.
    https://i.rankmath.com/Z1ETrq

    With that said, Google takes the featured image from the featured image you set in your post and sadly, it is automatic, I mean, we have no control over it. It is Google’s decision if show it or not. Rank Math added the schema so it increases your odds to display it (so maybe in a few days it will be shown there).

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    RankBot

    3 years, 3 months ago

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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