Start with search evidence
Google merchant listing structured data connects price, availability, shipping, returns, and merchant identity.
Product schema is not enough. Buyers and assistants also need store identity, shipping regions, inventory status, return policy, and contact paths.
Visibility is not demand
The useful question is not whether the page appeared somewhere; it is whether the search term, page promise, and next action fit the same reader job.
Check the page path
- Check whether a product page includes price, inventory, shipping, returns, and merchant contact paths
- Keep the test narrow: one priority product or checkout flow before expanding recommendation, authorization, payment, and support work
What still needs proof
Product data without merchant trust facts makes search snippets and assistant answers less useful for buying decisions. Keep the original source open so the announcement, the evidence, and this site's interpretation stay separate.