Featured snippets are special boxes where the format of a regular search result is reversed, showing the descriptive snippet first. They can also appear within a related questions group (also known as "People Also Ask"). Read more about how Google's Featured Snippets work. pitch deck 

How can I opt out of featured snippets?

There are two ways that you can opt out of featured snippets:

• Block both featured and regular search snippets
• Block featured snippets only

Block all snippets

To block all snippets (including featured snippets and regular snippets) from appearing for a given page, add the nosnippet rule to that page.

• Text marked by the data-nosnippet HTML attribute won't appear in featured snippets or regular snippets either.
• If both nosnippet and data-nosnippet rules appear in a page, nosnippet takes priority, and snippets won't be shown for the page.

Block featured snippets only

If you want to retain snippets in regularly-formatted search results, but you don't want to appear in featured snippets, experiment with setting the max-snippet rule to lower lengths. Featured snippets will only appear if enough text can be shown to generate a useful featured snippet.

Keep lowering the value if pages continue to show for featured snippets. In general, the shorter your max-snippet rule setting, the less likely the page will appear as a featured snippet.

Google does not provide an exact minimum length required to appear as a featured snippet. This is because the minimum length is variable based on a number of factors, including—but not limited to—the information in the snippet, the language, and the platform (mobile device, app, or desktop).

Using a low max-snippet setting doesn't guarantee that Google will stop showing featured snippets for your page. If you need a guaranteed solution, use the nosnippet rule.

How can I mark my page as a featured snippet?

You can't. Google systems determine whether a page would make a good featured snippet for a user's search request, and if so, elevates it.

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