Daily Search Forum Recap: August 16, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google’s new Search Console coverage report has a new filter and source column. Google is testing a new box in search for advertisers named “Your Google Ads summary.” Google Merchant Center won’t disapprove your free listings for not showing a return or refund policy or missing contact information, but it may limit the visibility of the listings. Google is testing a popular destinations overlay in search. Google is testing an expandable map interface in Google Search.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Other Great Search Threads:

• If Desktop FR = AMP FR (no special version), then you’d just reference that., John Mueller on Twitter
• July PRU Update: Remember that site that was taken over, & a ton of reviews content thrown on it, and it ranked for 3.5M+ queries? I said Google would catch up… well it’s starting. Check out that drop starting on Saturday. I, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
• Could be from having multiple URLs shown for the same query, for example with sitelinks. That said, it would be interesting to hear what you’re do, John Mueller on Twitter
• No, not really. DA is made by some smart folks who have spent lots of time studying search engines, but it’s not used by Google, nor is there a Google version., John Mueller on Twitter

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

SEO

PPC

Other Search

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