I asked Illyes if there was a separate algorithm for the featured snippet, and he said no: there is a central algorithm for blue links and all candidate rankings use it, applying different weights to factors (or more precisely features) in a modular way.
In the first episode of this Bing series, Frédéric Dubut confirmed this to us, and in the fifth, Nathan Chalmers (team director of the entire page) also told us this.
So we have a very solid basis for saying that the concept of Darwinism in the functioning of search engines is to be taken very seriously.
Ali Alvi points out that search engines are constantly evolving (yes, more Darwinism).
Historically, for the first 15 years or so, search engines only had 10 blue links. Then, as new features came along (featured snippets, for example), they had to sit on top of the original system australia phone number data without disrupting the core.
This system of a “core” algorithm with modular elements, and results driven by Darwinism was the solution.
Simple. Brilliant. Logical.
Questions / Answers: The best answer from the top ranked blue links
The Q&A algorithm looks at the top results of the blue links to see if it can pull content from any of the documents that specifically and directly answers the question. So, ranking somewhere in the top 20 is necessary (the exact number is unclear, and probably varies by case). There is one interesting exception, which we'll talk about later.
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