Google Confirms Indexing Issue Affecting Some Websites via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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Google investigating indexing delays affecting immoderate sites since Monday night, moving to place and resoluteness basal cause.

Google confirmed an indexing contented affecting immoderate websites.
The contented started astir 11:30pm ET Monday night.
Google is investigating the basal origin and moving to hole it.

Google Confirms Indexing Issue Affecting Some Websites

Google has acknowledged an ongoing occupation with its hunt motor indexing that is slowing down the indexing process for immoderate websites.

In an update posted aboriginal Thursday morning, Google said it is “investigating an contented with indexing successful Google Search that’s affecting a tiny fig of sites.” The institution said affected websites “may acquisition slower than accustomed indexing times.”

The indexing problems started astir 11:30 p.m. ET connected Monday night, January 31st. Since then, galore website publishers, contented creators, and quality organizations person reported issues getting their recently published contented indexed and surfaced successful Google hunt results.

“We’re moving connected identifying the basal cause,” Google said successful its update. “Next update volition beryllium wrong 12 hours.”

This confirmation from Google comes aft galore SEO professionals and web admins complained overnight astir having their latest contented spell unindexed.

One communal contented was contented not getting indexed contempt receiving archetypal signals similar impressions and clicks successful the Google Search Console.

With this contented confirmed, publishers experiencing delays successful getting contented indexed and appearing successful Google Search should remainder assured that they’re not the lone ones affected.

While Google indicated lone a tiny subset of sites are affected, the indexing delays person caused vexation for publishers relying connected timely indexing to thrust postulation and gross done search.

Google hasn’t yet provided details connected what whitethorn beryllium causing the problem. The institution said its engineering teams are investigating the basal origin successful hopes of resolving the contented quickly.

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SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...