Home / Google News / Google SEO / Google Search May Be Deindexing URLs At Higher Rates May 1, 2026 - 7:51 am 2 — by SEOs and site owners are always complaining about indexing issues with Google Search. Why is this page not indexed, why is that page not indexed. But some seasoned SEOs are asking if Google is more picky about what it indexes in the past month or so, than it was maybe a year ago. Pedro Dias, a former Googler, asked on X , "Is everyone noticing Google de-indexing URLs randomly at a higher rate since the beginning of April?" And, as you'd expect, most people said yes. Cory replied, "Seems to be a regular occurrence with updates. Some type of freshness/stale evaluation and quality component. Purge garbage to reduce the index size." Valentin Pletzer replied, "Interesting. I checked several URLs (site:https://…) and I found all of the ones I checked. I wonder if there is some kind of reporting bug?" Alex Gramm replied, "I have noticed that since December 2025.…