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Google Search bug caused by issue with its ‘indexing systems’

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August 13, 2020
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Google has now explained the massive search bug from yesterday was related to an issue with its indexing systems.

Google Search bug caused by issue with its 'indexing systems'Google wrote, “On Monday we detected an issue with our indexing systems that affected Google search results. Once the issue was identified, it was promptly fixed by our Site Reliability Engineers and by now it has been mitigated.”

The confirmation. Here is the tweet confirming the issue and the explanation:

More information. You can learn more about this issue and the impact on sites in our story from this morning.

Postscript. Many, including myself, were not too happy with the short explanation from Google. Gary Illyes from Google tweeted additional information about why the indexing system is vital to how search results show up:

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About The Author

Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry’s personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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