{"id":3384,"date":"2020-06-19T10:26:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2026-02-23T05:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:28:13","slug":"why-featured-snippets-matter-for-seo-and-how-to-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/why-featured-snippets-matter-for-seo-and-how-to-rank\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Featured Snippets Matter for SEOs? How to Optimize & Rank Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Featured Snippets \u2013 the quickest and subtle way of acquiring a top position in a search engine without earning lots of backlinks or frequently updating your content! A featured snippet is a brief extract of information that is pulled from a web page to provide the relevant answer to a search query. Most often the content is pulled from top-ranking pages and it is displayed at the top.<\/p>\n

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While this sounds amazing from users\u2019 point of view as they get the answer without clicking any search result links, many website owners raise eyebrows because if users get answers in the SERP directly, websites will suffer from low traffic. To be honest, as a website or blog owner, you may or may not suffer from fewer clicks.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s see a featured snippet where you get the answer right away and another where the user is more likely to click through for more details. Understanding how these snippets work is a key part of effective SEO services<\/strong><\/a>, helping brands capture more visibility and clicks directly from Google\u2019s results.<\/p>\n

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In the first example, you can see if a user just wants to know when the next solar eclipse will occur; the user will usually not click on the link as the answer is right in the front at the top. However, there is also a probability that if the user is a bit more interested in knowing more about the next solar eclipse, and then the user might click on the link as well.<\/p>\n

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Now, see the second example in which the user wants to know how to start a company in India. Since the featured snippet<\/strong> is not revealing all the steps required, the chances that the user will click on the link get higher. So, featured snippets answer the absolute basics, and to know more, the user is required to click.<\/p>\n

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Consequently, when your content is displayed as a featured snippet, you don\u2019t have to be that much concerned. If you optimize your content for Google featured snippets<\/strong>, you might hugely benefit as well.<\/p>\n

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To help you fully understand the concept of Featured Snippets, this guide discusses:<\/p>\n