{"id":605739,"date":"2024-01-22T23:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T20:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-confirms-a-search-ranking-bug-where-sites-disappear-from-search-results-over-the-weekend\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T23:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T20:56:59","slug":"google-confirms-a-search-ranking-bug-where-sites-disappear-from-search-results-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-confirms-a-search-ranking-bug-where-sites-disappear-from-search-results-over-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google confirms a search ranking bug where sites disappear from search results over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40703613085\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40703613085\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-confirms-a-search-ranking-bug-where-sites-disappear-from-search-results-over-the-weekend\/#%E2%80%9CWere_aware_of_a_very_narrow_issue_that_caused_temporary_fluctuations_in_search_results_for_a_small_number_of_websites_The_issue_has_since_been_resolved_and_the_sites_should_no_longer_be_seeing_its_effects%E2%80%9D_a_Google_spokesperson_told_Search_Engine_Land\" >&#8220;We&#8217;re aware of a very narrow issue that caused temporary fluctuations in search results for a small number of websites. The issue has since been resolved, and the sites should no longer be seeing its effects,&#8221; a Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWere_aware_of_a_very_narrow_issue_that_caused_temporary_fluctuations_in_search_results_for_a_small_number_of_websites_The_issue_has_since_been_resolved_and_the_sites_should_no_longer_be_seeing_its_effects%E2%80%9D_a_Google_spokesperson_told_Search_Engine_Land\"><\/span>&#8220;We&#8217;re aware of a very narrow issue that caused temporary fluctuations in search results for a small number of websites. The issue has since been resolved, and the sites should no longer be seeing its effects,&#8221; a Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle confirmed a search ranking bug, a \u201cvery\u00a0narrow issue,\u201d as Google called it, that affected a \u201csmall number of websites\u201d where those rankings would drop out of the Google Search results over the weekend and then re<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear during the weekdays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google\u2019s statement.<\/strong> A Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land this issue has already been resolved and that it only impacted a \u201csmall number of websites.\u201d Google wrote:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1038259\/SEL_Post-text --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1693000027709-0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-break\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\nWe\u2019re aware of a very narrow issue that caused temporary fluctuations in search results for a small number of websites. The issue has since been resolved, and the sites should no longer be seeing its effects.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The issue. <\/strong>The issue seemed to have impacted sites that were on non-standard, vanity TLDs, top-level-domains.  These TLDs ended in .club, .consulting, .life and other non-standard TLDs.  Some of these sites were noticing that they completely stopped ranking over the weekends.  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-ranking-teetering-in-out-over-weekends-36749.html\">Initially, I thought it<\/a> was either a quality issue, being on the edge of quality, or a bug with Google Search. But it turned out it was a bug with Google Search.<\/p>\n<p>The first person I saw cover this was Tomasz Rudzki at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ziptie.dev\/blog\/google-weekend-ranking-mystery-or-a-google-bug\/\">ZipTie<\/a>. In short, he wrote, \u201cOn weekends, something strange kept happening \u2013 the website would completely lose rankings and traffic. People couldn\u2019t even find it when they searched for it by its name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What was interesting is that those ranking issues coincided with several unconfirmed Google updates that happened over the weekend. He said, \u201c9 out of 9 examples were non-standard TLDs, such as, .consultancy (example.consultancy), .care (example.care), .club, .info, .energy.  The dates he shared coincided with the algorithm updates I reported on. He said these were the dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>25th November (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-ranking-algorithm-volatility-36479.html\">my story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>9th December (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-results-super-volatile-36530.html\">my story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>15th December (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-algorithm-ranking-volatility-holiday-surge-36571.html\">my story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>22-24th December (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/pre-christmas-google-algorithm-ranking-volatility-36607.html\">my story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>29-30th December (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-new-years-eve-algorithm-update-36639.html\">my story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>4-6th January (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-search-volatility-friday-january-5th-36676.html\">my story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sample ranking chart. <\/strong>Here is one example of a ranking chart showing the weekend drop in performance from organic Google Search:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Google Ranking Chart 1705535769 800x300\" class=\"wp-image-436770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-800x300.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-600x225.jpg.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-200x75.jpg.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-768x288.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769.jpg.webp 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-800x300.jpg.webp\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-800x300.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Google Ranking Chart 1705535769 800x300\" class=\"wp-image-436770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-800x300.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-600x225.jpg.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-200x75.jpg.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769-768x288.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/01\/google-ranking-chart-1705535769.jpg.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why we care.<\/strong> This issue seems to have been going on since November 2023 but now a few months later, after these reports, Google has resolved the issue.<\/p>\n<p>If you noticed weird ranking issues over the weekends and you are on one of these non-standard TLDs, then maybe this impacted you. I did notice these Google weekend search ranking updates <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/calm-weekend-google-search-ranking-volatility-36766.html\">stopped over the past week or so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, you won\u2019t see this going forward.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\"><\/noscript>\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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