Question Coverage States: Answered, Partial, and Uncovered

Definition

Question coverage uses three states: answered, partial, and uncovered. Commercial intents are recorded separately as covered, partial, or missing, because a general question can be answered while a buying query is still missing. The labels describe the current site, and they are not sample scores or demonstration percentages.

Short answer

Answered means the site states a direct supportable answer, partial means only some of the needed pieces are present, and uncovered means the question is not handled. Commercial coverage asks whether a product page can honestly support the query, which is a different list from general question coverage.

What to check

• Mark each question answered
• Mark each question partial
• Mark each question uncovered
• Record commercial coverage apart

What this does not claim

Marking a question as answered does not guarantee that search or any AI product will surface that answer. The states are facts about what the page contains, and they do not promise a future position or a citation.

A practical example

The homepage already teaches with the question Which product is suitable for low-rise concrete placement, and that line is an illustration rather than a customer result. A useful response gives a direct answer with the use case, the constraints, and a link to specifications, and the state becomes answered only when that material is actually on the site.