Google has dropped the playable podcast search consequence wealthy snippets. 9to5Google reported this primary, and there’s a little bit of confusion round what precisely Google eliminated. Google appears to have eliminated the current episodes’ playable wealthy outcomes for podcasts, the place Google would present the current podcasts underneath a particular search consequence.
The podcast wealthy outcomes launched in 2017, I’ve some screenshots right here however this picture from 9to5Google reveals the earlier than and after in a transparent and concise method:
Right here is one other model I display captured from 2019,
Earlier than:
And now it’s gone but it surely has the carousel:
Right here is a few of the search engine optimization chatter on this variation:
It is the performance for taking part in the episode that was within the SERPs that was eliminated (I believe). I by no means used that, and did not actually see it a lot tbh.
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 18, 2023
In that case I take again my “wow”
— Mordy Oberstein 🇺🇦 (@MordyOberstein) January 18, 2023
Likewise, I learn an article on this subject this morning but I am nonetheless seeing them. Matter of time I assume?
— Azeem (@AzeemDigital) January 18, 2023
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.