The six requirements
These are the rules Google enforces on every product image:
Common Scenarios:
- Size: minimum 100 x 100 px; 2500 x 2500 px recommended for zoom. Below that, images may be disapproved.
- No watermark or logo overlay on the product itself.
- No promotional text, borders or frames around the image.
- Background: white or transparent preferred; busy backgrounds are accepted only for apparel.
- Format: JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP; no SVG or HTML pages.
- URL: must be crawlable and return the image directly, not a redirect or a page.
Validate image URLs before the feed
ShopTools' image checker validates every image URL in your CSV - flags dead links, non-image responses and http:// sources - so feed disapproval happens in the audit, not after submission.
Features:
- URL validation: Flags dead links and non-image responses
- HTTPS upgrade: Converts http:// sources to https://
- Alt text check: Reports missing alt attributes in the same pass