According to Google, Google Question Hub is not affected and remains active.
Google confirmed with Search Engine Land that it works with Q&A on the Google search feature. It launched primarily in India for the searchers in 2019 and Google recently told people who submitted questions or answers that it went away.
Google spokesperson said that it doesn’t impact the Google Question Hub feature. But, it impacts simply the ability of users to continue the answers in Google Search when people have submitted the questions. Publishers can use the Google Question Hub portal to see the questions submitted by the searchers and offer answers for questions by making new web pages that answer those questions.
GQH (Google Question Hub) is a known market platform by Google. As a part of lessening the non-existent digital media backlog, it can use various unknown search algorithms. These are used to gather unanswered web search questions for content creations, including journalists. For beginners who don’t have any idea how to use Google Question Hub, you can learn the steps here.
Google Question Hub helps content creators look for relevant topics and questions that the target audience searches for, but are not yet well-covered online. Here are the steps for using GQH:
- Sign up to get an account. To use GQH, you must get a Google free account.
- Add a website. After you log in to your Google account, you will be encouraged to add a website to your account. You can follow the instructions to confirm ownership of the website.
- Explore topics. Once you have added your website, begin exploring the topics and questions that the target audience is searching for. Search for topics that are related to your website’s niche or industry. You can see the questions that people asked on those topics.
- Add questions. You may add the question to your dashboard if you find a question that you know you can answer on your website. It lets you get informed of the questions that you’re working on and allows you to stay organized.
- Create content. After you have added questions to your dashboard, you can make content on your website answering those questions. Be sure that your content is well-researched and informative, and that it can provide value to the target audience.
- Track progress. Finally, you can monitor the traffic and engagement of your website to track the progress of your created content. Using the analytics tools, you can measure the impact of your content and determine areas for improvement.
Google Question Hub helps you identify and create content that manages the needs and questions of the target audience. It can help increase traffic to your website and enhance engagement with the readers.
The notice. You can share a screenshot of the notice received from Google.
Impacting India
Google said that this feature is only available in India to select a set of topics. It doesn’t impact the overall Question Hub feature. The users who have submitted their contributions can download it using Google Takeout.
Why we care
Google Question Hub is a great source of content ideas for publishers.