Google Decluttering The First Results Page

If you’re unfamiliar with what featured snippets are, they’re selected search results that are featured on top of Google’s organic results, right below the ads. Digital Marketing Agency in London  snippets are in a box and aim to answer the user’s question right away, which is great for brand exposure in search results.

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This change not only affects featured snippet owners, but those in competition with featured snippet owners. For featured snippet owners, this change means that their URL will only appear once on the first page of Google, instead of getting two listings. For those who aren’t utilizing featured snippets, this means that their competition will no longer show up twice.

Although Google is prohibiting a business from appearing twice on the first page of results if they have a featured snippet, they can still show up at the top of the second page.

Digital Marketing Agency in Leeds featured snippets will be counted as one of the ten organic listings shown on the first page of Google results. By keeping an eye out on rankings and traffic to your site, you should be able to get a read on how your business is adjusting to this change.

Featured Results on Google

Potential clients approach us with wanting a featured results on Google. It is possible to get a featured result, but more importantly ranking for the 1st page is ideal. Position zero is what we call the featured snippet or result with Google. Google made a change to position zero that can be clicked on less and we’ve watched some clients lose traffic due to this. Give us a call or contact us if you are looking for ways to get a featured result on Google, we can help!

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