I complained to google about it and it seems they have done something. [or did you guys do something?]

Since last three days there has been no problem of wrong image being indexed.

Hi tomawebdev,

Thanks for reaching out again.

I am using WPSuperCache with all recommended settings. I have got nginx so compression rules have been set as well in the .conf file. I have also configured browser caching options. I am also using google news sitemap.

What i have observed is that if i delete the cache and then update the story by adding a new image, Google picks up the new image immediately. It seems that when the story is first published, it is not considering the actual image of the story, but when the story is updated, it pulls the correct image. Strange!

Regards,

Another update:

Again wrong indexed image. This is really annoying.

Another update. It seems that the removal of the code was messing up the entire thing. So this is what I did:

1. Reinserted the code that i had deleted.
2. Went to theme panel and disabled ‘related articles’
3. cleared the cache
4. posted a story
5. Google indexed the image correctly.

As rightly pointed out by Tomawebdev, the related article seems to be the culprit!

Having said that a careful analysis by tagdiv team is what I am looking forward to.

Thanks

Hi Tomawebdev,

That related article bit hasn’t helped me. I tried everything that you suggested.

Hi Alin,

Things have gone from random to regular after I have deleted that code. All three posts that i published after that, the images are wrong.

Regards,

Ravi

Hi,

Even after getting rid of the code you asked for, Google is indexing another image.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=site%3Atechienews.co.uk&oq=site%3Atechienews.co.uk&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.695974.698893.0.699045.21.6.0.15.0.0.187.685.2j4.6.0…0.0…1ac.1.c14gcHT8Bxo&gws_rd=ssl#q=site:techienews.co.uk&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&tbm=nws&start=0

The article which I wrote after the deletion of the code is this:
Lyme disease concern: Canadians likely to get false-positives from some US labs

If you check the indexing, the image is of ‘salt’ while the actual image should be of ‘Lyme disease’ as in the article:
http://www.techienews.co.uk/9740327/lyme-disease-concern-canadians-likely-to-get-false-positives-from-some-us-labs/

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

The behaviour of the correct article not getting indexed was random. Sometimes it will index the correct one, sometimes it won’t.

I have deleted the itemprop="image" bit as you asked.

I will update the post as soon as I find something.

Regards,

Ravi

Here is the example. Below is the way in which google has indexed a particular article: “Brace yourself for wasp invasion in September, garden centre warns”. The image is of marijauna but it should have been of a wasp.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=site%3Atechienews.co.uk&oq=site%3Atechienews.co.uk&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.695974.698893.0.699045.21.6.0.15.0.0.187.685.2j4.6.0…0.0…1ac.1.c14gcHT8Bxo&gws_rd=ssl#q=site:techienews.co.uk&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&tbm=nws&start=0

If you go to the article, you will see that the image displayed is correct one:
http://www.techienews.co.uk/9740267/brace-yourself-for-wasp-invasion-in-september-garden-centre-warns/

I have disabled lazyload, but that didn’t help.

Also, I checked the open graph tags. The image displayed in the article is correct one, but the image that is picked up by google is something else.

Any other suggestion? Please.

Is it under Theme Panel -> Template Settings -> Image loading – animations (lazyload)?