{"id":40697,"date":"2025-10-22T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw.agency\/glossar\/featured-snippet\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:43:01","slug":"featured-snippet","status":"publish","type":"glossar","link":"https:\/\/csw.agency\/en\/glossar\/featured-snippet\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Snippet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A featured snippet is a highlighted excerpt from a web page that is displayed directly at the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/csw.agency\/en\/glossar\/google-serps\/\">Google search results page<\/a> often referred to as \u201ePosition 0\u201c. Its main purpose is to provide users with a quick, concise and direct answer to their search query without them having to click on a web page. Google automatically selects these snippets from websites that the system deems particularly relevant and helpful for the query in question.<\/p>\n<h2>Types of featured snippets<\/h2>\n<p>Featured snippets appear in different formats depending on what type of information best answers the search query. The most common types are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paragraph snippets:<\/strong> This is the most common format. It provides a short text answer, often between 40 and 60 words, to a definitional or interrogative search query such as \u201eWhat is X?\u201c or \u201eWho is Y?\u201c.<\/li>\n<li><strong>List snippets:<\/strong> These present information in a numbered or unordered list. Numbered lists are suitable for step-by-step instructions or ranked lists, while unordered lists list items in no specific order.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Table snippets:<\/strong> Data from a website is displayed in a table format, which improves the clarity of comparisons or structured information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video snippets:<\/strong> For queries that require visual explanations, Google can display relevant video clips, often from platforms such as YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bedeutung f\u00fcr die <a href=\"https:\/\/csw.agency\/en\/glossar\/search-engine-optimization-seo\/\">Search engine optimization (SEO)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Featured snippets are highly relevant from an SEO perspective, as they can significantly increase the visibility of a website in search results. A placement in position 0 leads to the content provider attracting the attention of users even before the traditional top 10 results. This can lead to an increased organic click-through rate, even if users already receive the primary answer in the snippet. In addition, a featured snippet strengthens the perceived authority and credibility of a brand or company.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for the optimization of featured snippets, <a href=\"https:\/\/csw.agency\/en\/glossar\/content-strategy\/\">Contents<\/a> clear, concise and directly tailored to specific questions. A logical structure of the content with meaningful headings (e.g. <code>&lt;h2&gt;<\/code>) and providing answers in easily digestible formats such as short paragraphs, lists or tables increase the likelihood of being selected by Google. 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