New mobile search results with Google?
I noticed some of my articles show a "video" next to the description, despite not actually having a video in my article. They are simply putting a play video icon over my first photo. If you click the video it takes you to the top of the article where the niche site video plays rather than to the image or the actually video. I don't see any rhyme or reason for what articles have the "video" and which ones don't. At first I thought it had something to do with original photo's or ones optimized for Pinterest, but that didn't line up with other articles of mine that do or do not have a "video".
I'm not noticing it for articles on other sites unless they actually have a video. Sometimes the video image is not the start of the video, but those articles actually have videos to watch and the image is found within it. It still takes you to the top of the article rather than the video itself for those sites too, which is kind of annoying if a reader is searching for a video and then is not actually taken to the video they wanted to watch.
Curious if this is the result of some recent Google update and if so, how a fake video would increase views? I'm assuming it must not be related to the HP video, because all articles have that video, yet most of my articles don't display a "video" in the search results. Other sites are also showing videos which is why I'm assuming it has something to do with Google verses HP.
Hopefully these pictures will clarify a bit what I'm talking about. These are the only two articles I found of mine with the video in the description. I found multiple other articles from other authors and only one actually had a matching video to the one displayed in the Google search results. Hoping someone can shed some light on how this is suppose to increase views or be beneficial in any way.
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