Google: Featured Snippets & Direct Answers
Video: Barry Schwartz and Google’s Martin Splitt discuss strained relations with the search community
The two chat about how the company’s attempts at transparency have backfired, common SEO misconceptions and why the answer is often “it...
Google adds new mortgage feature box to search
If you are in the mortgage business, you have one more Google feature to compete...
Google launches featured snippet to web page content highlight feature
After years of testing, Google now launched the featured snippet to web page highlight...
Your sidebar featured snippet’s ranking didn’t change because of COVID [Video]
The new featured snippet variant was seen on 1% of all results pages containing featured snippets, said Olga Andrienko on Live with Search...
Some Featured Snippets may not appear as the top organic result
Google Featured Snippets are changing fast and now there’s an extra layer of...
Google’s right-sidebar featured snippets are no more
The featured snippet variant now appears in Google’s main results column, as the company announced in...
Meta descriptions and branding have the most influence on search clickthrough, survey finds
The majority of participants also agreed that rich results improve Google...
What’s happening with featured snippets?
Questions remain if number one in the SERPs means a featured snippet or a typical organic result. Rank Ranger's Mordy Oberstein breaks down...
Google has stopped deduplicating right-sidebar featured snippets
Google still plans to remove featured snippets from the right rail on desktop and move the feature into the main...
Listings that earn featured snippets will not repeat on the first page of Google search
Google says it is 'decluttering' the first results...
Google tests user comments for live TV shows
TV shows get the real-time user comments feature that has been working for sporting events in Google...
Package tracking on Google’s search results page is coming to more carriers
Shipping companies around the world can now opt into the early access...
Google search results eye candy: How users navigate search features and what it means for SEO
Search behaviors are changing as users "ping pong" their attention across search results...
Featured snippets display on desktop 13% more often than mobile, study finds
URLs matched 91% of the time when featured snippets were displayed on both...
In response to Google change, Yoast SEO will opt users into all snippet features by default
The change comes with versions 12.2, coming October...
Google’s new snippet settings give webmasters control over their search listings display
Google adds max-snippet, max-video-preview, max-image-preview and more to the nosnippet snippet...
Now, more than 50% of Google searches end without a click to other content, study finds
Zero-click searches hit an all-time high in...
Google launches new algorithm to better understand useful & timely information
This doesn't mean all featured snippets need to be new and fresh, it just means when the answer needs fresh content - Google will want to find...
Yoast SEO 11.6 updates how-to structured data block, following Google’s changes
The latest update also includes more UX changes and bug...
Yoast SEO 11.5 updates the mobile snippet preview
It replicates how your content is likely to appear in Google's mobile search...