Google De-Indexing Millions of Pages: What’s Happening?
E709: Google is de-indexing millions of pages - and SEOs around the world are scrambling to figure out why.
I explain what’s happening with the recent changes to Google’s indexing, which appear to have started in late May 2025.
Topics covered:
Why pages are being removed from Google’s index
How Google’s approach to topical authority may be changing
Whether this is connected to an upcoming Core Update
What you can do if your pages were de-indexed
I’ll also share what other SEOs are seeing and how some are recovering lost pages.
⭐️ Paul P on 𝕏 - https://x.com/pavlos1944/status/19323...
⭐️ Drop In Google Indexing Less Since Late May 2025? - https://www.seroundtable.com/google-i...
⭐️ Reminder: Google has been removing indexed pages. Check and resubmit. - / reminder_google_has_been_removing_indexed_...
⭐️ 127 pages crawled not indexed and loss of position - / 127_pages_crawled_not_indexed_and_loss_of_...
⭐️ Link Echoes SEO Experiment - https://seosherpa.com/seo-experiments/
⭐️ Google On Unrelated Content As A Search Ranking Issue - https://www.seroundtable.com/unrelate...
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00:00 Google's Massive De-Indexing: An Overview
00:11 Reports and Examples of De-Indexing
01:31 Theories Behind Google's De-Indexing
02:19 How to Check and Fix De-Indexed Pages
03:28 Community Insights and Reactions
09:03 Understanding Topical Authority and Link Echoes
13:45 Final Thoughts and Recommendations
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