SearchCap: Reporting delays in Google Search Console, navigate in search & structure data

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

• ‘Navigate’ query prompts Google to ask, ‘Were do you want to go?’
  Oct 19, 2018 by Barry SchwartzA new one-box answer now gives you quick access to driving directions in Google Maps.

• Google Search Console reporting currently delayed
  Oct 19, 2018 by Barry SchwartzNo need to panic, these reporting delays have no impact on your search rankings.

  Structured data represents a huge opportunity for SEOs to communicate key information with search engines, boost content visibility, and reach target audiences. It makes it easier for search engine crawlers to extract and understand specific information related to the content, in this case, the kind of product, the aggregate rating, available offers, and product reviews. […]

Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

• Survey: Social commerce held back by security, privacy concerns
  Oct 19, 2018 by Greg SterlingHowever social media influence on purchases via other channels is strong.

• Fizziology employs Watson linguistic analysis to match endorsing athletes’ personalities with brands’
  Oct 18, 2018 by Barry LevineThe matchmaking is based on social posts by brand advocates and by the athletes themselves.

• Coalition Against Ad Fraud releases ‘first standardized document’ to pin down mobile fraud
  Oct 18, 2018 by Barry LevineCAAF is focused on performance ad fraud on mobile devices.

Search News From Around The Web:

• 4 Tips for Google Shopping Success During the Holidays, Metric Theory
• What’s new in AMP, Q4 2018, Accelerated Mobile Pages Project
• Alexa’s new Whisper Mode goes live, TechCrunch
• Google apps may cost EU phone makers as much as $40 per phone, Android Police
• Google could finally face serious competition for Android, The Verge
• Google My Business Video Upload Broken: Server Reject Error, Search Engine Roundtable
• How Reviews Impact Google Shopping Ads (and How to Get More of Them), WordStream
• I Ditched Google for Bing. Here’s What I Found—and What I Didn’t, Wired
• Watch Google Listen To A Site That Lost 60% Of Their Traffic After An Algorithm Update, Search Engine Roundtable