Crypto Twitter will see less exposure on Google due to rate limit slash
Twitter’s new rate limits are severely affecting the indexing and display of tweets on Google’s search engine, limiting the reach of the information shared on the microblogging site.
According to web search industry outlet SearchEngineLand, Google Search has dropped over half of the indexed URLs from Twitter over the past few days.
On July 3, the outlet noted the number of search engine saturation from Twitter results had dropped by more than 60% to around 180 million tweets indexed by the search company.
On July 4, The Verge shared a statement from a Google spokesperson who said “We’re aware that our ability to crawl Twitter.com has been limited, affecting our ability to display tweets and pages from the site in search results.”
SEO consultant Glen Gabe posted a decline in search visibility from Twitter accounts. “This is based on Google not being able to crawl those URLs (due to Twitter redirecting non-logged-in users),” he explained.
As @rustybrick reported this AM, tweets are dropping out of the SERPs based on the latest changes on the platform. Search visibility is dropping, and spot-checking those rankings reveals those tweets or Twitter accounts are not ranking anymore: https://t.co/18qCONZ4XV pic.twitter.com/ggH6QVTRUw
Technologist Barry Schwartz also carried out a few tests noting a similar drop-off in indexed tweets.
Google dropped over 50% of the indexed URLs it has from Twitter since Friday, after Twitter blocked signed-out users from seeing tweets (I know, this is a site command and not that accurate...) https://t.co/gVY8m41wcg pic.twitter.com/AoyfbBI0YU
When tested by Cointelegraph, Google returned about 665 million results when searching "site:twitter.com" so the figure is seemingly dynamic and dependent on
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