In addition to all the AI search news, something quieter and more concerning is happening this week that bloggers need to pay attention to.
Google seems to be slowly de-indexing the pages on countless websites, but Google won’t really say why.
This is not a small number of sites. SEO communities are filling up with reports from site owners who check their Search Console coverage reports and find that previously indexed pages are now showing as excluded. The pages do not receive any information about manual measures.
They don’t show crawling errors. They will simply be quietly removed from the index without explanation.
Multiple industry sources report that direct responses from AI overviews reduce clicks on comprehensive information requests. Finch points to concerns that click-through rates could drop by more than 50% for some query types.
This context is important because Google may use AI search performance signals to silently prioritize pages that don’t provide unique value beyond what AI overviews can already directly answer.
Reddit’s R/SEO athttps://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/currently has the most comprehensive discussion of the de-indexing pattern. Website owners compare which types of pages disappear most often.
The pattern strongly suggests pages with little information content, pages without clear author attribution, and pages that largely reproduce information available on other websites.
What type of content is being attacked?
AI SEO news in June 2026 confirms a clear pattern. Average AI-generated blog spam loses value faster because the web is flooded with it and AI response systems need cleaner sources to cite. Companies with strong entity clarity, thematic clusters, and trusted authors will come out on top.
Classic rankings are still important. Research shows that 92.36% of AI reviews contain at least one website that already ranks in the top 10. It’s best to correct the revenue-related pages first – comparisons, pricing, use case pages, objection pages, and category content with clear definitions, short answers, new facts, and trust signals.
The practical answer is to open your Search Console coverage report today and see if the number of indexed pages has changed in the last 30 days. If you see a drop that doesn’t match the pages you intentionally removed, you’re probably affected by this silent wave of de-indexing.
Small teams can still win. Start with money pages, fix crawling and indexing issues, update pages that are already getting impressions, and form tight topic clusters instead of publishing random blog posts.
X at https://x.com/search?q=Google+deindexing+pages+June+2026 Website owners post screenshots of their coverage reports and compare which types of pages disappear most often. The thread is growing quickly and the examples show a consistent pattern towards thin and undifferentiated content.
Quora on https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Google-deindexing-my-pages-in-2026 has answers from technical SEOs about what you should check first when you notice unexplained drops in the number of your indexed pages, and what fixes actually cause pages to be added back into the index.
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