le News bug affects publisher traffic
Google confirmed that there is a problem with the indexing of content from news publishers, and the surfacing of this content in Google News. Google has confirmed that it is working on a fix, but this may lead to a drop in traffic for Google News.
Google’s statement. Google released a statement on the Google Search Status Report stating that “There is an ongoing issue in Google News indexing which affects all sites.” Google News may be causing a drop in traffic to some sites. We are working to identify the root cause. The next update will come within 24 hours.”
John Mueller from Google tweeted about this:
Can have an impact on traffic. Google News has been causing significant traffic problems for a number publishers. As you can see in this Google News Publisher Help Thread, some publishers report really bad traffic results.
Why we care. This Google News indexing problem could be the cause of a drop in traffic to your site if it is listed on Google News.
Google has now acknowledged the problem and is working to fix it.
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