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Verified against ChatGPT · 2026-08-11

Rewrite one section of an existing page specifically to compete for the featured snippet, without touching the rest of the page

Surgically rewrites just the section most likely to win a featured snippet for a target query — matching the exact snippet format Google is currently showing — while leaving the rest of the page's content and structure untouched.

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Rewrite one specific section of an existing page to target a featured snippet, without restructuring the whole page.

TARGET KEYWORD
how to reset a Wi-Fi router

CURRENT FEATURED SNIPPET SHOWING (if you know it)
A competitor's numbered list, 6 steps, starting with 'Locate the reset button, usually on the back of the router.'

THE SECTION OF OUR PAGE THAT ALREADY ADDRESSES THIS
Our current text: 'Resetting your router is easy. Find the small reset button on the back or bottom of the device. Press and hold it for about 10 seconds using a pin or paperclip. The lights will flash, indicating the reset is complete. Wait a minute before reconnecting.'

SNIPPET FORMAT OBSERVED
Numbered list

First, identify the snippet format actually being shown for this query — paragraph, numbered list, bulleted list, or table — since matching that exact format matters more for winning the snippet than matching the wording, and a well-written paragraph will lose to a mediocre numbered list if Google has decided this query wants a list format. If I've told you the format, rewrite to that format exactly. If I haven't, infer the most likely format from the nature of the query itself (a "how to" query strongly suggests numbered steps, a "what is" definitional query suggests a short paragraph, a comparison query suggests a table) and say explicitly that this is an inference, recommending I verify the live SERP before finalizing.

Rewrite only the specific section I gave you, not the whole page — keep the surrounding page content, heading hierarchy, and everything else untouched, and clearly mark where this rewritten section slots back into the existing page (which heading it replaces or sits under). Keep the rewritten snippet-target content itself tight: a paragraph target should be one 40-60 word paragraph that directly answers the query in its first sentence; a list target should have a clear intro line followed by concise, parallel-structured steps or items, each one a genuinely separate action or point, not padded to hit a certain count. Do not change the target keyword's core claim or introduce a fact not present in the current section text I gave you — if winning the snippet would require stating something more specific than what's currently in our content, flag that as a content gap to fill rather than inventing the missing specific.

OUTPUT FORMAT
1. Identified or inferred snippet format, with confidence.
2. The rewritten section, formatted exactly as it should appear on the page, with a note on where it slots in.
3. Any flagged content gap where winning the snippet would require a fact not currently present in our content.

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Why this works

The single most important variable in featured snippet competition is format match, not content quality — Google's snippet selection has already decided, per query, whether it wants to surface a paragraph, a list, or a table, and a page competing with the wrong format for that query type will lose to a lower-quality page in the right format, which is why this prompt makes format identification a mandatory first step rather than an afterthought folded into the rewrite. Restricting the rewrite to a single named section, rather than letting the model rewrite or restructure the whole page, matters because a full-page rewrite risks breaking existing rankings the rest of the page holds for other keywords entirely unrelated to the snippet target — a targeted, surgical instruction keeps the blast radius of the change limited to exactly the content competing for this one snippet. The ban on introducing a fact not present in the original section addresses a specific and easy-to-miss hallucination risk in this exact task: winning a featured snippet sometimes genuinely requires a more specific claim than what's currently on the page (an exact number of steps, a specific measurement), and a model optimizing purely for snippet-winning form could plausibly invent that missing specific to make the rewrite look more complete, which would publish an unverified fact directly into position zero — the highest-visibility placement on the page. Requiring the length and format to match empirically what wins (roughly 40-60 words for paragraph snippets, parallel concise steps for lists) rather than a generic "be concise" instruction is what makes the rewrite genuinely competitive rather than just shorter — actual Google-winning snippets follow fairly consistent length and structure patterns that a vague brevity instruction alone won't reliably reproduce.

What you get back

Format: Numbered list (inferred from "how to" query pattern, high confidence). Rewrite: "To reset your Wi-Fi router: 1. Locate the small reset button on the back or bottom of the device. 2. Press and hold it for 10 seconds using a pin or paperclip. 3. Release once the lights begin flashing. 4. Wait 60 seconds before reconnecting devices." Slots in under the existing "Resetting Your Router" H2, replacing the current paragraph.

Verified against

ChatGPT GPT-5.1 · 2026-08-11

Changelog

  • 2026-08-11 — Initial publish, verified against ChatGPT GPT-5.1.

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