Google has clarified in its image search help documentation that images are only extracted from the src attribute of img tags in Google Search. This is not new, but Google decided to update its documentation based on some questions it received about the topic.

The new line reads:

The previous version read:

Google explained, “While not a new change, we occasionally get questions about what HTML elements Google Search can extract images from.”

So again, this is not new behavior from Google Search but just a clarification on how Google Search works with images, if you weren’t aware.

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