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Using .svg screenshot images from another website
As part of my comparison website – i use .png or .jpeg screenshots of small sections of brokers website pages I am reviewing to help show what I am demonstrating. (the brokers are ok with this)
I am thinking of switching to .SVG format for my screenshot (where the image is appropriate).
I am wondering if Google will have an issue with this? for example the text from the image could be seen as copied given .svg is code
Any thoughts?
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6 Replies
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How can you turn a screenshot into an svg?
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Svg usually isn’t the right format for screenshots.
If you’re just looking to use a modern format, consider something like webp.
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It won’t be a problem, but just to be on the safer side(of google), try using JPEG.
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Probably words will be converted to curves and will not be included in your screenshots as text. Otherwise, the tool you’re taking screenshots with would need to be able to identify what font is used, download the font files for you and somehow link it in the svg. That’s too complicated. So either you will have words included as text, but fonts in the screenshots will be off, which is something you probably will not want, or they will be in curves. In the latter case, you have nothing to worry about.
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I could be wrong but the text in an school will be vector coordinates, not readable text. I don’t think Google will have a problem with this
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Google shouldn’t have an issue since .SVG is a scalable vector graphic format, not text per se. It might actually improve your site’s loading time and SEO friendliness. I remember when I was revamping my blog, I experimented with jpg compress and saw significant improvements in loading speed. So, I’d say go for it, and keep optimizing for better user experience.
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