Google News Indexing Disruption Causes Traffic Decrease For Content Publishers

Google is investigating a service disruption affecting Google News indexing, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. 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 BeganTrouble with Google News traffic was reported on Twitter several hours ago. Some have noted volatility in Google News traffic for the last few weeks, possibly because of syndicated content rankings. Now, the Search Engineering team is tasked with investigating the root cause of the issues with Google News indexing.