Daily Search Forum Recap: June 1, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google News Performance Report Reporting Issue (May 12 - May 26)

Google Search Console has yet another reporting bug, this one is with the Google News performance report. The data between May 12, 2022 and May 26, 2022 may show a drop due to a logging error. Google said there was no real drop in Google Search even if the reports showed one.

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Google Business Profiles Bug Temporarily Drops Product Management Features For Merchant Center

The folks at WhiteSpark showed screenshots of Google Business Profile limiting the control you have over your product listings within your local panel. They showed how "businesses can no longer edit existing Products on their Google Business Profiles and can only add new Products through Merchant Center." Google later on in the day reverted this change.

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Google Tests Knowledge Panel Without A Box Border

Google is testing a user interface where it does not surround a knowledge panel completely with a box. Instead, there is just this vertical divider line in the desktop results.

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Google Suspends Job Training Rich Results

Google has officially suspended (pun intended) the job training rich results, this is something Google did by accident in January 2021 but now it is official. Google said they "ultimately found that it wasn't useful for the ecosystem at scale."

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