The highlights in Google News are all wrong.
There are some errors in the theme, but I did not find it!
Can someone help me?
The link with correct images: https://www.tudoemtecnologia.com/categoria/noticias/
The theme does not indicate correct image and Google News picks random.
Theme has nothing to do with Google News image selection.
a) check your Google News sitemap to see what images are in the sitemap XML
b) check your meta data for proper open graph tags with og:image for featured image
c) Google News will normally pick the largest image in post “automatically” (if not first one after first paragraph), if there is no featured image in your meta data
d) check your search console account for any ‘errors’ in your Google News sitemap/feed
Generally Google News needs an image large enough to be considered ‘main image’ (696px minimum for AMP; 600px minimum for featured image — we’ve found for our sites). If you have four images in post, and featured image smallest one; it might not be chosen for featured image.
However — normal behavior is to choose the ‘featured image’ as specified in your meta data *and* in your Google News specific sitemap XML.
(My sites have been in GN since the 2005 beta, so I speak with some authority.)
I understand.
On Facebook and other social networks everything works fine, but in Google News no.
JetPack XML always speaks 0 images.
I installed the SEO plugin Yoast Premium + News SEO, however error continues.
It seems to be something, but I do not know what it is. Google News takes pictures even from other posts and it’s all messed up.
Can you help me? If you can solve it, we can pay for the service.
Thank you.
Note that Google News may skip images which are not photographic enough; such as gif images, 32 color png images, animated gifs, jpeg images under 20kb, logo grpahics, ad banner images with too much text, etc.
Look at your Google News site map XML — nothing to do with JetPack — and look at it in text editor, or view source in web browser — check to see WHICH image is actually there as the image for Google News, as THAT is what you need to make sure is a “good” image.
Not a lot else you can do. They do randomly skip images for no good reasons. Sometimes I go back and change the headline by one word, and it pops in (but NOT changing the permalink); sometimes image pops in after a couple more stories are live; sometimes it’s hours later it’s suddenly there. No rhyme or reason.
It’s all automated — you can’t “force” them to do anything at all; only “hint” them with the correct file types, sizes, content and whatnot.
Also – they may skip image if your story headline is identical to story they already captured; so “unique” headlines a must for GN.
That’s about all I can suggest.
