{"id":6388,"date":"2016-12-08T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T10:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/?p=6388"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:51:50","slug":"google-testing-images-sitelink-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/google-testing-images-sitelink-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Is Testing Images in Sitelink Extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Displaying images extensions is an interesting idea. Google has played with this idea in the past. They first started testing with image extensions<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>in 2013. In fact, Bing also tried with a similar idea just over a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But both those ideas by Google and Bing never took off the ground and became a regular thing.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, now Google has started testing it again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Mobile results are now displaying images in sitelink extensions \u2014 which could be a start of something new and more permanent than previous tests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Google-Is-Testing-Images-in-Sitelink-Extensions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6386\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Google-Is-Testing-Images-in-Sitelink-Extensions.png\" alt=\"google-is-testing-images-in-sitelink-extensions\" width=\"352\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As you can see the previous screenshot, images are being displayed in the sitelink extension. These images display in a carousel and are swipeable, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At this stage, it is not 100% confirmed whether these image extensions are also available for desktop results. But they are not definitely here for mobile searches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another important thing to note here is that these images are being displayed in a swipeable carousel. It is interesting because it is inline with another change that Google made last week. If you don\u2019t know, Google changed the display format of the price extensions from a list to a swipeable carousel \u2014 just like the new image extensions in sitelinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whether this experiment works and stay a bit longer than the previous experiment is yet to be seen. But this is good going from Google. Advertisers know the power of good images, and it may result in more clicks and a higher CTR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Let\u2019s see how this new experiment by Google performs. We will keep you updated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Displaying images extensions is an interesting idea. Google has played with this idea in the past. They first started testing with image extensions\u00a0 in 2013. In fact, Bing also tried with a similar idea just over a year ago. 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