You blocked your own images by accident

You blocked your own images by accident

Today's lesson: an image pack is that row of photos Google slots into results, and to show them, Google must be allowed to crawl — visit — your images.

Real example: a recipe site has gorgeous photos but they never appear in the photo strip, even though competitors' do.

The mistake: a setting in robots.txt — a small text file that tells search engines where they may go — accidentally blocks the images or upload folder. Google can't see locked photos.

The fix:
— Open yoursite.com/robots.txt and look for Disallow lines covering /images or /uploads.
— Remove blocks that hide pictures you WANT found.
— Re-check the page in Google's URL inspection tool to confirm images load.

Think of it like a velvet rope across the gallery door — Google turns away politely.

Try this: visit your own robots.txt and read it line by line. 🎓