[Abishek_Muthian]

>add more photos

How much does image actually weigh in the site's score? What about the text only websites e.g. PG's essays, not including forums like HN. I would presume PG's blog has great backlink score but would a similar site with same number of backlinks but with several images rank more?(hoping for clarification from an anonymous Googler).

I'm asking this because my text only blog content titled 'Startup ideas vs Problems'[1] was the featured snippet when the search term is 'Startup ideas vs Problems'[2] until recently as the current featured snippet features another website with a featured image within the blog post.

Although my blog is still the first result, but google now suggests 'Did you mean: Startup ideas and Problems' which buries my blog post effectively killing my traffic.

[1]https://hitstartup.com/startup-ideas-vs-problems/

[2]https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Startup%20ideas%20vs%2...

[londons_explore]

All modern search engines use neural networks for final ranking. Even the Google employees who work in it wouldn't be able to tell you exactly how much images help or hinder your rankings.

[Abishek_Muthian]

Yes, I just wanted to know whether article with more images for SEO is a common knowledge now as the parent comment suggests.

[weisbaum]

More images isnt directly correlated with rankings but it can help increase time on site, improve user experience and lower bounce rate - all which are ranking factors.

There is no one silver bullet for SEO. Its many things combined.