Google is investigating a service disruption affecting Google News indexing, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard.
There’s an ongoing issue with indexing in Google News that’s affecting all sites. Sites may be experiencing a decrease in traffic from Google News. We’re working on identifying the root cause. Next update will be within 24 hours.
The Google Search Status Dashboard is a tool that provides status updates for Google Search systems and indicates any issues affecting multiple sites or users that might explain changes in site performance.
When Google News Indexing Issues Began
Trouble with Google News traffic was reported on Twitter several hours ago.
is Google News platform (https://t.co/ILD5MsHxuu) broken broken since june 20th ? Le https://t.co/Te9GswWSKA = 0% visibility (source : @NewsDashboard) Thanks for feedback ! Poke @JohnMu pic.twitter.com/7aGU56IGQJ
— Virginie Clève – largow Stratégie digitale ☕️ (@largow) July 10, 2023
John Mueller, Google Search Advocate, responded:
Hi folks, we have this listed as an incident that the team is investigating now: https://t.co/NlsLfymPx4
— John Mueller (official) · Not #30D (@JohnMu) July 10, 2023