12 Dimensions, One by One: Snippet Control's 5 Checkpoints — One Line of nosnippet Can Kick You Out of the AI Citation Pool

✍ Co-founder Clarence⏱14 min read👁14 reads

Most sites get snippet control wrong by over-blocking, not under-blocking — one legacy nosnippet line, under Google's current definitions, means opting out of the AI Overviews citation pool. This article breaks down the syntax traps of four directives, the support boundaries across AI engines, and the health check's 5 checkpoints.

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