Two questions to Google Search about Madhusudan Naidu (spiritual fraud) false claims about Sathya Sai, which give our change.org petition as "featured snippet" result
I had fleetingly seen this "featured snippet" result when I was doing searches for the petition update I made a few days ago. But I could not get it when I was doing screen capture of the results. So in the petition update we have some 1st rank results but no "featured snippet" result.
Today I got lucky with these "featured snippet" results having our change.org petition. I thought readers may be interested to know about it and so have shared it on this post.
But what is a Google Search "featured snippet"?
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9351707?p=featured_snippets tells us the following:
* Google’s search results sometimes show listings where the snippet describing a page comes before a link to a page, not after as with our standard format. Results displayed this way are called "featured snippets."
* We display featured snippets when our systems determine this format will help people more easily discover what they’re seeking, both from the description about the page and when they click on the link to read the page itself. They’re especially helpful for those on mobile or searching by voice.
* Featured snippets come from web search listings. Our automated systems look at the web listings and determine if it would be useful to highlight one of them. They are especially likely to appear for searches that are phrased in the form of a question.
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Ravi: Essentially, featured snippets seem to be Google's ***highlighted*** result, suggesting to the user that Google views it as the best and most useful result for the search query (and so Google Search felt it appropriate to highlight it as a "featured snippet"). Further, Google seems to use featured snippets in responding to queries phrased as questions (which is how the two search terms given below, have been phrased).
Search terms giving our change.org petition as "featured snippet" result:
Is Madhusudan Naidu having spirit of Sathya Sai Baba?
OR
Has Sathya Sai Baba spirit entered Madhusudan Naidu?
The screenshots given below show the "featured snippet" results.
[To open pic in larger resolution, right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.]
1st rank & featured snippet: Our petition: Declaration by Sathya Sai devotees and alumni & staff of Sai educational institutions, condemning spiritual fraud Madhusudan Rao Naidu, https://www.change.org/p/sathya-sai-devotee-fraternity-worldwide-we-condemn-spiritual-fraud-madhusudan-rao-naidu.
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Update: As we now have got into "featured snippet" results territory, I felt it appropriate to polish up the English language of part of the result shown in the snippet. The modified text in the main petition now reads:
We also condemn the outrageously false claim of Madhusudan Rao Naidu that Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's so-called subtle spirit enters into his body, and Madhusudan Rao Naidu's further claim, outrageously false again, that he (then) becomes Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
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Note that it will take some time for this modification made in the petition to get updated in Google Search "featured snippet" results.
Today I got lucky with these "featured snippet" results having our change.org petition. I thought readers may be interested to know about it and so have shared it on this post.
But what is a Google Search "featured snippet"?
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9351707?p=featured_snippets tells us the following:
* Google’s search results sometimes show listings where the snippet describing a page comes before a link to a page, not after as with our standard format. Results displayed this way are called "featured snippets."
* We display featured snippets when our systems determine this format will help people more easily discover what they’re seeking, both from the description about the page and when they click on the link to read the page itself. They’re especially helpful for those on mobile or searching by voice.
* Featured snippets come from web search listings. Our automated systems look at the web listings and determine if it would be useful to highlight one of them. They are especially likely to appear for searches that are phrased in the form of a question.
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Ravi: Essentially, featured snippets seem to be Google's ***highlighted*** result, suggesting to the user that Google views it as the best and most useful result for the search query (and so Google Search felt it appropriate to highlight it as a "featured snippet"). Further, Google seems to use featured snippets in responding to queries phrased as questions (which is how the two search terms given below, have been phrased).
Search terms giving our change.org petition as "featured snippet" result:
Is Madhusudan Naidu having spirit of Sathya Sai Baba?
OR
Has Sathya Sai Baba spirit entered Madhusudan Naidu?
The screenshots given below show the "featured snippet" results.
[To open pic in larger resolution, right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.]
1st rank & featured snippet: Our petition: Declaration by Sathya Sai devotees and alumni & staff of Sai educational institutions, condemning spiritual fraud Madhusudan Rao Naidu, https://www.change.org/p/sathya-sai-devotee-fraternity-worldwide-we-condemn-spiritual-fraud-madhusudan-rao-naidu.
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Update: As we now have got into "featured snippet" results territory, I felt it appropriate to polish up the English language of part of the result shown in the snippet. The modified text in the main petition now reads:
We also condemn the outrageously false claim of Madhusudan Rao Naidu that Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's so-called subtle spirit enters into his body, and Madhusudan Rao Naidu's further claim, outrageously false again, that he (then) becomes Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
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Note that it will take some time for this modification made in the petition to get updated in Google Search "featured snippet" results.
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