Google: Featured Snippet With Zero Attribution Was A Bug, Not A Test

Google: Featured Snippet With Zero Attribution Was A Bug, Not A Test
Jun 25, 2019 • 7:10 am | Comments (11) by twitter

Google has said that the featured snippet without an attribution was a bug and 100% not something Google is testing. Danny Sullivan from Google was pretty upset with me for calling this a test when I never asked Google if they were indeed testing it.

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Google: We Do Not Show Favicons On Some Browsers

Jun 25, 2019 • 7:26 am | Comments (1) by twitter

So while not showing attributions on featured snippets was a bug, in that same screen shot, Google not showing favicons is not a bug - it was intended. Danny Sullivan from Google confirmed on Twitter that "lack of favicons is not a bug here." "With some browsers we show a simpler results format." he added.

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