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  1. Same here... It might be because of how the images are loaded and how they show up on our sitemap xml file. If we're using Image Block vs Gallery: In sitemap, there are probably three fields for images: image:loc, image:title, image:caption, and they either have Squarespace placeholder text (if using Image Block), or your gallery title for each image (if using Gallery to upload). Unless I'm wrong, Google doesn't like placeholder text and prefers description sentences that a human can read for each image. So if using Image Block, in order to change placeholder text in sitemap we have to add image caption/description - that little field below the image. Unfortunately, that caption/description text is too small for a normal human to read, and we can't edit the font style in any way. And we can't hide it. BUT it will show up in our sitemap, so our image will have our caption instead of placeholder text, therefore better SEO. *It would be nice if Squarespace had the sitemap read image's alt-text field instead. I have over 100 digital paintings uploaded and only a few show up on Google, Bing or DDG, so it's obviously not a search engine problem. I think it's the sitemap and how search engines see it. Squarespace has been pretty responsive at least, and usually helpful. Their reply is this workaround, but they stressed that it's a temporary fix and they're working on a solution: I haven't found the time to do this yet but it's worth a shot. PS: check your sitemap and look at the last time it was updated. It should auto-update frequently as you make changes to your website, but mine hasn't updated in a while so I'll have to contact Squarespace support to force it again.
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