Google is testing (Update: Google said this was a bug - learn more over here) displaying knowledge panels in the search results that do not show any attribution. When I test this, I get Google attributing Wikipedia for the content but in a test that @Venkatramani spotted, it shows a similar knowledge panel but has no link or attribution to Wikipedia for the content or images.
Here is what @Venkatramani sees and posted on Twitter:
Here is what I see:
He said he was able to trigger this test for the query [free zones in UAE] on Android mobile using Firefox.
I doubt folks in the SEO community will be too happy about this test.
@PaigeHobart @lilyraynyc What is this snippet called? There is no proper citation from where the content is taken from. Exact match search revealed the source. Note: For the search query for which this snippet appears, the actual site containing this text doesnt rank in top 10. pic.twitter.com/kd9RKZqVu6
— MaxSmile (@Venkatramani) June 21, 2019
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