Quick summary
- Term
- Featured Snippet
- Plain-English definition
- A featured snippet is a search result format that highlights a direct answer from a page.
- Technical definition
- A featured snippet is a search result format that highlights a direct answer from a page.
- Commonly confused with
- Related domain, DNS, registrar, API, or agent-infrastructure terms.
- Related terms
- SEO, AEO, Structured Data
Definition
A featured snippet is a search result format that highlights a direct answer from a page.
Why it matters
Glossary pages with concise definitions are strong candidates for answer-style extraction.