[Method] Find which post will be placed on the Featured Snippet

You probably are aware of the featured snippets on SERPs and that they get most of the traffic.

Here is a cool trick to find out which site is on the line to get the featured snippet.

Let's take for example this search query (Seo techniques) for the sake of this forum.



We can see that singlegrain.com holds the featured snippet also the first position. However, you probably know that it is common where a domain that is not ranked on the #1 spot holds the featured snippet.

Now if we search on Google with this query "seo techniques -singlegrain.com"



We are seeing that neilpatel.com (I know, I know) holds the featured snippet.

I've tried this with different search queries and it works perfectly.

I know that sometime before neilpatel hold this featured snippet and now it does, but that can happen anytime soon as it is the second on the line after singlegrain.com

Hope it helps, and you will be finding your domain waiting to grab the featured snippet

Really cool trick, actually found one of my domains is next in line. Do you know how long featured snippets last?

Bro it's great tip to find

Are you saying that featured snippets are rotating and their time is limited?

Maybe they make changes and it goes?

cool trick, but how do we get our own snippet featured, is there any technique to do it, or google pick it random.

last week i got that featured snippet but it didnt last long, now my SERP on almost all my website page gone no where. Any idea why thats happen?

yesfuture said:

Are you saying that featured snippets are rotating and their time is limited?

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In my experience, it seems like Google picks a frontrunner and pops that up like 90% (Didn't measure, just feels like '90%') and the other 10% they test other similar sites to see if there is a better CTR and whatever other metrics they use. It's hard as hell to see with that generic of a keyword, but much more noticeable with longer tails on say "blackhat seo techniques" or "black hat seo techniques", both of which feature different snippets that change pretty frequently.

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Never thought about trying that.

I'm going to check if my sites are second in line for top kws and then try to optimize with more backlinks or content tweaks to get the snippet.

Thats actually pretty cool and based on my tests bodes well for the future...

Wow, that's something different. Found that my post is in the queue next for my main keyword. But the fact is the current one is hard to replace. Anyways really appreciate it

Thats a decent trick pal. Definitely gonna try iy

The only problem is: how to rank there? haha