@Bill From a website where I enabled lazy load a while back not a single image has yet been indexed by Google, despite having every image listed in the sitemap.
Another one done last month with lazy load enabled has indexed the images normally, despite not being included in the sitemap of Scrutiny. I am wondering if Norm changed the way that lazy load is implemented recently, so I wiped the content from the problem site and uploaded it again last night to see if there is any difference.
@DaveC I’ve been in touch with Shiela and I know she is working on this now with the Scrutiny sitemaps. I believe there is some complexity to the issue, given that there are various ways that lazy loading can be implemented. I did wonder also if remotely hosted assets might throw a spanner in the works.
Incidentally, I have recently removed almost all my sites from Cloudflare after some rigorous testing. In a nutshell, it helped a lot on my old server, but was actually slower than a direct route to my new server in most cases. Looking at the analytics used to show substantial bandwidth savings, which shrank to around 5% after changing web host, providing another clue. Cloudflare still has some benefits, however I concluded the additional work wasn’t justified in my case at this point.
I’ve had some correspondence with Shiela and created a small demo site for her to test. Scrutiny 9.1.1 released today adds Blocs to the supported systems. If you export a site now with lazy loading enabled Scrutiny should index the images inside the sitemap. This may well apply to Integrity as well when updated.
@Brocky120 It’s been years now since I used lazy load, partly because of the index issues but also times when it seemed to make page loading jerky. You seem to have answered your own question though, given what you are experiencing.
I believe a new bric is in the works that may help you achieve your goals without index problems and Google likes it
Yeah I’ve definitely had issues with images not loading/indexing and turning lazy load off has solved it so wanted to see a few years later if there was a workaround!
Yeah, Lazy Load comes with its issues. You can run a high risk of layout shift (unless you make placeholders) and it messes up scroll to anchor.
Anyway, here is Sneak Peak! A close up of the Icon. Thats about all you need, as the whole thing will be highly fine tuned. It’s just drop in your project and forget.
A close up of the Icon. Thats about all you need, as the whole thing will be highly fine tuned. It’s just drop in your project and forget.