overlays
No text added over the image
Google disapproves main images with text added over the photo — calls to action, prices, shipping or warranty claims, promotional words. Text printed on the product itself is fine.
Required: 0 added text regions · checked against the source on 2026-09-30
Required
0 added text regions
Severity: hard fail — the image is rejected
How we measure it
We run optical character recognition over the image, then check what surrounds each word. Words sitting on the plain background connected to the image edges count as added text; words printed on the product or its packaging don't. Badges drawn on coloured shapes and faint watermarks aren't reliably detected yet.
ocr_text_regions
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Source
Google Merchant Center Help: Image link [image_link]- Rule version
- v1
- Effective since
- 2026-09-30
- Last verified
- 2026-09-30
When the platform changes this requirement we publish a new version. Past verdicts keep pointing at the version they were checked against.
Version history
- v1 · 2026-09-30First published: 0 added text regionsGoogle disapproves main images with promotional text or callouts added over the photo.