You need to add structured data to tell Google which of your images are licensable. Google displays images whose license information is specified with a Licence badge on the image thumbnails on Google Images. It communicates to people that license information for the said image is available and also provides a license link in the image viewer, offering details on how one can use the image.
PRO TIP 👨🏻🏫 : The Image License feature is available on desktop and mobile and in all the regions and languages where Google Search is available.
How Do I Prepare My Webpages And Images For Image License? 👇
To ensure that Google discovers and indexes your images, follow the following protocols:
How Do I Add Structured Data Or Iptc Photo Metadata?
You can use one of the two methods to make Google know your eligibility for the License Badge.
PRO TIP 👨🏻🏫 : In case you use both the structures and if there is an information conflict between the two, then Google will use the Structured Data Information.
STRUCTURED DATA :
Please refer to the previous posts of the series to know more about How To Add Structured Data.
1.ImageObject: The entity holds the said file of an image.
2. ContentURL: The URL of the actual image content. Google uses the entity to know which image the license applies to.Google uses the URL property for specifying the image URL when the content URL is not included.
3. License: The property holds the URL to the page describing license governing the image’s use. Example: Creative Commons License, Terms and Conditions of the website where applicable.
4. AquiredLicensePage: The entity holds the URL to a page describing how to license that image. Example: A check-out page for the said image. Users can select specific resolutions or usage rights.
A general page that describes How To Contact You.
Example: A check-out page for the said image. Users can select specific resolutions or usage rights.
A general page that describes How To Contact You.
PRO TIP 👨🏻🏫 : For Any questions relating to the feature, please review the FAQ for Image License in Google Images.
Please refer to the previous posts of the All About Structured Data to know in detail about How To Monitor Rich Results with Search Console, Analysing Traffic, Updating Your code or adding new templates and Fix Troubleshooting Problems.
In the next post of the All About Structured Data Series, I will throw light on How To Add Structure Data to Job Postings.