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Last night Google confirmed that there are indeed indexing issues. Apparently they're fixed now.
First, there were two separate indexing issues. One was connected to mobile indexing. The other was connected to canonicalization. https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1311805474992320512?s=20
First, there were two separate indexing issues. One was connected to mobile indexing. The other was connected to canonicalization. https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1311805474992320512?s=20
If you had a page that previously was indexed, and dropped out of the index, and GSC does not show anything odd re canonicalization this is likely due to the issues with mobile indexing. https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1311805475759902720?s=20
If you inspect a page in GSC and see that Google has chosen a random different page as canonical, this is a separate issue, but apparently this is resolved now too.
This sounds very similar to what happened in April of 2019. See this thread: https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1114961119699804160?s=20
This sounds very similar to what happened in April of 2019. See this thread: https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1114961119699804160?s=20
This is possibly a separate issue than the Google News indexing issue Google had on September 28. https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1310722807446208512?s=20
Early observations show that if you were affected by these issues, rankings should return to previous levels. You don't need to do anything on your side other than wait for Google to figure things out properly. https://twitter.com/glenngabe/status/1311981624175857664?s=20
Barry has a great summary of what we know so far: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-index-bugs-canonicalization-mobile-indexing-30201.html
