Your images are too small to get picked

Your images are too small to get picked

Today's lesson: an image pack is that row of photos Google adds to results, and Google leans toward clear, good-sized pictures, like a gallery choosing only sharp prints.

Real example: search modern kitchen ideas and a strip of large, crisp photos appears — never the blurry tiny ones.

The mistake: people shrink images hard for speed — down to 300 pixels wide and heavily squashed. Google passes them over for bigger, clearer rivals.

The fix:
— Use images at least around 1200 pixels on the long side.
— Save them in a modern format like WebP so they stay sharp AND load fast.
— Don't crush the quality so far that detail turns to mush.

Think of it like printing a photo for a frame versus a thumbnail on a keychain — size and clarity matter.

Try this: open your top post and check its main image is large and sharp, not a tiny thumbnail. 🎓