Real, dated images beat stock for AI trust

## Stock photography quietly lowers your score

AI engines and Google increasingly read images and their context. Generic stock photos signal "could be anyone" — they add nothing to your credibility and can mark a page as low-effort. Real, specific imagery does the opposite: it confirms you exist, you operate where you say, and you did the thing you claim.

## What good looks like

- **Real photos** of your team, product, location, or work — not a smiling stock model. - **Location + date captions** where it makes sense ("Installed in Portland, March 2026"). - **Descriptive alt text** on every image so crawlers understand it.

## Why it helps GEO and trust

Specific imagery + captions add verifiable detail to a page, which is exactly what AI weighs when deciding whether to trust and cite a source. It also lifts engagement, which feeds back into rankings.

## How Rankply does this for you

You take or commission the real photos — that part has to come from you. Rankply drafts the caption and alt text for every image you upload, optimised for both accessibility and AI comprehension, so the trust signal lands.