Google simply introduced that it mounted a bug with Google Search Console that labeled pages as being listed after they weren’t listed. Google mentioned this bug “affected many properties”.
Google wrote on Twitter “At the moment we mounted a Search Console situation that affected many properties: we had been reporting pages that aren’t listed as being listed.”
Google mentioned, “as a consequence, you may see a drop in your listed pages within the Index Protection report.”
At the moment we mounted a Search Console situation that affected many properties: we had been reporting pages that aren’t listed as being listed. As a consequence, you may see a drop in your listed pages within the Index Protection report.
— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) August 17, 2022
So be certain to examine your protection report in Google Search Console to see if there are any main modifications within the listed versus not listed report.
This isn’t going to be a enjoyable bug for a lot of SEOs to report on to their shoppers or stakeholders. For all of you who had been telling your shoppers X pages of the positioning is listed by Google and now you want to inform them that solely Y pages had been listed, that isn’t going to be enjoyable.
🙄 https://t.co/xQY3L5xZTy
— Carlota ☠ (@carlotagalvan) August 17, 2022
Ooops🫢 https://t.co/FXrn2sVKTx
— Dr. Marie Haynes🐧 (@Marie_Haynes) August 17, 2022
Oh boy. This must be fascinating. GSC was reporting pages that are not listed as listed and that is now corrected. So that you may see a drop in listed pages. Keep watch over your Protection reporting. https://t.co/wUSgtV5hEL
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) August 17, 2022
Additionally value noting that GSC knowledge is exhibiting as much as 8/15 now, so this modification will present up with the 8/17 knowledge I assume. Once more, maintain your eye in your Protection reporting. You may see listed pages drop. https://t.co/9EiaxyYKVY
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) August 17, 2022
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