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

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Google Ads is testing adding a new column to its Performance Max reports named “Used Since.” This column is visible on the asset level and it shows the date an asset was added.

John Mueller from Google said that merging content is always more challenging than a basic site move. Meaning, when you take a look at your content on your site and decide to merge a bunch of the content into fewer URLs, that takes longer for Google to handle than moving a site from domain A to domain B with no other changes.

Gary Illyes from Google said that if a URL has a status within Google Search Console as “URL is unknown to Google” that means that URL is really unknown to Google and has zero priority within Google Search systems.

Google has added a method to bulk manage the special hours for all the businesses you manage in Google Business Profiles. You can easily copy special hours from one business listing to others.

Google Search is testing the frequently saved label not just in the main search results but also on the local results, the places section, of the Google Search results.

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