: Can I tell Google which image to use for the preview in custom search? I currently use Google custom search for my static site. When I use it, I sometimes get images next to the entry:

@Pope3001725

I believe this is what you are looking for - support.google.com/customsearch/answer/1626955?hl=en

You can specify thumbnail images as follows:

PageMap data in the section of your HTML page A thumbnail meta
tag.

Using a PageMap

You can specify a thumbnail image by adding a PageMap (a block of
code) to the section of your page. This content is invisible to
users, but it can provide valuable information to Custom Search.
Create a thumbnail DataObject for your thumbnail image, like this:


<!--
<PageMap>
<DataObject type="thumbnail">
<Attribute name="src" value="http://www.example.com/recipes/applepie/applepie.jpg"/>
<Attribute name="width" value="100"/>
<Attribute name="height" value="130"/>
</DataObject>
</PageMap>
-->



(You can also use PageMaps to create actions and custom attributes.)
Using a thumbnail meta tag

To specify a thumbnail image for a page, you can add a thumbnail meta
tag to the section of the page, like this:


<meta name="thumbnail" content="http://example/foo.jpg" />

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