Images in the SERPs (Graphics vs non Graphics)

Livegeneral said:

Does anyone know if graphic images (images with writing over them) show less in the SERPs than images without added text?

Obviously, Google shows what it wants in the SERPs, which is why I am asking. I barely ever see an image with a text overlay ranking in the SERPs, but it could just be in the niches I work in.

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HenryObi said:

Images on posts are meant to be illustrative or explanatory so it makes little to no sense for them to have texts all over them. It'll be counter intuitive for an image that's meant for illustration to be cluttered with texts. But when necessary, I do see texts on images.

In nutshell, most images you're going to see rank are ones without texts on them for obvious reasons, not because Google ranks only them but because they're what's used on blog posts often.

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Livegeneral said:

We have been using a template with the title over the featured image and a transparent background for readability over the title text. The idea is to make the stock image more unique and add more explanation to it.

For a random example, instead of an image of cookies, it would be an image of cookies plus the title "30 easy cookie recipes".

I was wondering if it was the case that just more people don't use graphics or that they are shown less.

Also how do you find original images vs stock images for ranking in the SERPs?

Thank you!

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