Pages removed from the Google Search index, including after manual action penalties, previously continued appearing in AI Overviews or AI Mode for several days. A reported pipeline lag caused misalignment between the indexing status and AI surfaces. New testing indicates the delay has been eliminated, with deindexed sites no longer showing in AI Overviews or AI Mode at all. The change is described as an implementation that aligns various surfaces, including AI experiences. The issue had been observed and reported earlier across multiple months, suggesting a long-running inconsistency that has now been corrected.
"There are times that sites hit by a manual action, and deindexed, were still showing up in AI Overviews or AI Mode for a few days. There was a lag in the pipeline for some reason, which was super weird. Well, I was checking a site that just got nuked and they are NOT showing in AIOs or AI Mode at all. So I think Google implemented something there to align the various surfaces, including AI experiences like AIOs and AI Mode. Just an interesting observation."
"Since Google launched AI Overviews (and AI Mode), there was an apparent lag or delay from when a web page would be removed from the Google Search index, including after getting a manual action penalty, to when it would also be removed from the AI Overview (or AI Mode). That delay is reportedly gone."
"As a reminder, we reported on this delay back in November 2024 and January 2025. So it has been a long ongoing issue."
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