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December 15, 2025

# Featured Snippet Optimization FAQ: Questions People Actually Ask

**What is featured snippet optimization, in plain terms?**
Winning a featured snippet can roughly double click-through for that query even from a lower ranking position — it's one of the few remaining SEO wins where format matters as much as the underlying ranking signals.

**How often should this be checked?**
Regularly, not just once. Writing an answer that's technically correct but too vague to be useful as a standalone snippet, reducing the odds Google selects it. Set a recurring reminder rather than trusting memory.

**What's the most common mistake here?**
Burying the direct answer several paragraphs into a long preamble — Google needs the concise answer near the matching heading, not at the end.

**Does this actually affect rankings, or is it just best practice?**
It's rarely a single ranking factor on its own, but it affects whether search engines and users can do what you actually need them to do — which shows up in rankings indirectly, often more than any one direct factor would.

**What's the fastest way to check this on an existing site?**
Featured Snippet Optimizer — paste your URL in and it does the check directly, no setup.

Related: our guide to Google Discover optimization.

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