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Google: Why Featured Snippets Rankings are Volatile

November 14, 2017 at 5:42 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Google: Why Featured Snippets Rankings are Volatile

If you are an SEO, chances are pretty good you have managed to score a featured snippet in the Google search results. But, you probably noticed that the rankings are pretty volatile around featured snippets, and see two sites repeatedly flip-flop in and out of the featured snippet position, even if neither page has changed […]

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Why Brands Don’t Always Earn Featured Snippets for Their Name in Google

September 11, 2017 at 7:49 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Why Brands Don’t Always Earn Featured Snippets for Their Name in Google

Should a brand name automatically own the featured snippet for any Google search query that includes their brand name?  And what about if there isn’t a relevant page on the brand’s site to show in relation to the query, but there is on another website?  Should it just go to the best and most relevant […]

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Google Now Showing AMP Results in Featured Snippets

September 5, 2017 at 7:05 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Google Now Showing AMP Results in Featured Snippets

It seems that if you have an AMP page and also have the featured snippet that Google will now show the AMP version in the featured snippet. When AMP first came out, Google was still using the mobile version of the page if the page that won the featured snippet also had an AMP version.  […]

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Google to Continue Showing Featured Snippets with Images from Second Source

June 19, 2017 at 4:51 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Google to Continue Showing Featured Snippets with Images from Second Source

Over a year ago, we first started noticing Google showing featured snippets with one source for the snippet itself while using a second source for the image.   Earlier this year, Google began to increase the likelihood of this happening, resulting in some upset webmasters who claimed the featured snippet, only to see a competitor’s thumbnail […]

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Bing Adds Expandable Featured Snippets to “See Full Answer”

June 2, 2017 at 5:31 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Bing Adds Expandable Featured Snippets to “See Full Answer”

Bing has added a new type of featured snippet to their search results, and site owners likely won’t be very happy with this one.  Bing will display a usual sized featured snippet, but instead of requiring a clickthrough to the actual publisher’s site for more details or information, Bing is offering a new “see full […]

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Google Continues Featured Snippets Without Second Organic Listing

May 17, 2017 at 7:20 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Google Continues Featured Snippets Without Second Organic Listing

Google is continuing their widespread test of featured snippets that we reported here first on Monday.  It has Google showing a featured snippet at the top of the search results as usual, but while previously that result would be shown a second time in the organic search results, Google would drop that second listing entirely. […]

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Google Adds Visit History to Featured Snippets

May 17, 2017 at 6:28 am PST By Jennifer Slegg Leave a Comment

Google Adds Visit History to Featured Snippets

When you do a search in Google that brings up a result that includes a page you have visited previously, Google will often add a notation about your visit history, from the date you visited or the fact you have visited the page many times.  Google is now finally bringing that to featured snippets too. […]

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Google Updates Feedback Form for Featured Snippets & Autocomplete

April 26, 2017 at 3:24 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Updates Feedback Form for Featured Snippets & Autocomplete

Google has updated the feedback forms that users use to submit feedback for both featured snippets and autocomplete. When you view a featured snippet you feel is wrong or inappropriate, there is the usual feedback link, but the updated form has many more options to allow searchers to give more detailed feedback.  Here is what […]

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Google Rewrites Titles & Adds Headlines for Some Featured Snippets

November 28, 2016 at 5:54 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Rewrites Titles & Adds Headlines for Some Featured Snippets

Sometimes Google has a perfect featured snippet for a query, but the page’s title doesn’t quite match.  So Google will create a new title for a featured snippet to reflect the changes. The headline appears at the top of the featured snippet, which is different from the usual featured snippet without a headline. Here is […]

Filed Under: Google, SEO, Uncategorized

Google Pulling Featured Snippets From Second Page of Search Results

November 1, 2016 at 7:47 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Pulling Featured Snippets From Second Page of Search Results

We often hear about Google pulling featured snippets from somewhere in the top ten of the search results, with Google pulling the best example they see for the featured snippet to feature. But Google is now also pulling from page two of the search results to show up in the featured snippet – I have […]

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