Do you know that websites and pages with handbook actions can probably present up within the Google AI Overviews. So whereas the web page has a search penalty and will not present up in the principle Google search outcomes, it might nonetheless present up within the AI Overviews on the high of the Google search outcomes web page.
I believe it will change in some unspecified time in the future, however for now, that is presently potential.
Lily Ray was the primary to submit about this on X and wrote, “pages hit by handbook actions can nonetheless seem in AI Overviews, weeks/months after being demoted in natural search.” “The truth is, it has been ~2 months since websites had been hit by Website Repute Abuse handbook actions, and affected articles can nonetheless seem in AI Overviews.”
She shared this screenshot displaying this to be the case, she additionally shared screenshots of the web page not displaying within the core search outcomes and the location behind hit laborious by a Google penalty:
Listed here are extra of these screenshots:
This simply in: pages hit by handbook actions can nonetheless seem in AI Overviews, weeks/months after being demoted in natural search.
The truth is, it has been ~2 months since websites had been hit by Website Repute Abuse handbook actions, and affected articles can nonetheless seem in AI Overviews 😅 pic.twitter.com/xzm9zskGvM
— Lily Ray 😏 (@lilyraynyc) January 8, 2025
Then yesterday, Glenn Gabe observed this as properly and posted on X saying, “Yep, that is true. Simply got here throughout one other instance of this occurring. It is odd, and I consider Google will deal with it, however for now websites with handbook actions can nonetheless seem in AIOs (even when these directories have been utterly deindexed). Poof, gone, however not gone.”
I imply, I am unable to think about it will final and that we are going to see Google proceed to permit this to occur sooner or later. However for now, that is the way it appears to work.
Why does it work this manner? Properly, it may be some bizarre delay of types, it may be a bizarre timing situation or it may be a bug with how AI Overviews are served.
As a reminder, early on, we noticed AI Overviews had a delayed serving issue when in comparison with net search outcomes.
Discussion board dialogue at X.
