{"id":650340,"date":"2013-04-03T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T13:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=223564"},"modified":"2013-04-03T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T13:53:43","slug":"google-on-itunes-pages-missing-in-search-results-it-wasnt-anything-on-our-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650340","title":{"rendered":"Google On iTunes Pages Missing In Search Results: It Wasn\u2019t Anything On Our Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has become harder to find iOS apps in Google results these days, as <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/04\/02\/itunes-urls-appear-to-be-losing-rank-in-google-search\">some have noticed<\/a>. Is this Google being anti-competitive toward is rival? No, just an issue on Apple&#8217;s end that is out of Google&#8217;s hands, according to the company. <\/p>\n<p>When asked about why iTunes content appears to be ranking less well in search results these days, Google <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/has-itunes-preview-become-less-visible-in-google-154290\">told Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ve been having some issues fetching pages from the iTunes web servers, and as a result some people may have had problems finding iTunes apps in search easily. We\u2019re working with the team there to ensure search users can find what they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Matt Cutts has also been talking about it on Twitter: <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto319312063803572224 { background: #000000 url(http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme10\/bg.gif) no-repeat; padding: 20px; } div.twitterditto319312063803572224 a { color: #383838; } div.twitter-inner-ditto319312063803572224 { background: #fff; padding: 10px 12px 10px 30px; margin: 0; min-height: 48px; color: #000; font-size: 22px !important; font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", Times, serif; line-height: 30px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto319312063803572224 div.metadata { display: block; width: 100%; clear: both; margin-top: 8px; padding: 12px 0px; height: 55px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto319312063803572224 div.follow-button { float: right; padding: 0 30px 0 0; } div.twitter-inner-ditto319312063803572224 div.metadata div.author { line-height: 20px; 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text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319102767312564225 div.metadata div.author img { float: left; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319102767312564225 span.tweet { font-size: 16px; } .dittodownarrow { width: 0; height: 0; border-left: 20px solid transparent; border-right: 20px solid transparent; border-top: 20px solid #EEE; margin: 0 0 0 73px; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto-reply319102767312564225\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-reply-ditto319102767312564225\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @OurielOhayon <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2868563826\/6adae822615471ea1a7488a83f5b14a4_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Ouriel Ohayon <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\" class=\"at-name\">@OurielOhayon<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"> iTunes URL lost in Google anyone? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4MVFSHaXOP\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/4MVFSHaXOP<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dittodownarrow\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto-reply319286135677390848 { background: #EEE no-repeat;*\/ padding: 5px 20px 10px 20px; 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text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286135677390848 div.metadata div.author img { float: left; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286135677390848 span.tweet { font-size: 16px; } .dittodownarrow { width: 0; height: 0; border-left: 20px solid transparent; border-right: 20px solid transparent; border-top: 20px solid #EEE; margin: 0 0 0 73px; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto-reply319286135677390848\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286135677390848\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @mattcutts <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1780869878\/image1327517991_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Matt Cutts <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\" class=\"at-name\">@mattcutts<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\">@OurielOhayon<\/a> I assume you saw <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9wSh40FUw3\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/9wSh40FUw3<\/a> ? The iTunes web servers were sending lots of 403s when fetching from certain IPs. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dittodownarrow\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto-reply319286282436083713 { background: #EEE no-repeat;*\/ padding: 5px 20px 10px 20px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; } div.twitterditto-reply319286282436083713 a { color: #383838; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 { background: #EEE; padding: 10px 12px 20px 30px; margin: 0; color: #000; font-size: 15px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 div.follow-button { float: right; padding: 0 30px 0 0; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 div.metadata { display: block; width: 100%; clear: both; margin-top: 8px; height: 55px; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 div.author { line-height: 20px; color: #333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 div.author span.name { font-weight: bold; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 span.at-name a, div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 span.at-name a:visited, div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 span.at-name a:hover { color: #999; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 div.metadata div.author img { float: left; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713 span.tweet { font-size: 16px; } .dittodownarrow { width: 0; height: 0; border-left: 20px solid transparent; border-right: 20px solid transparent; border-top: 20px solid #EEE; margin: 0 0 0 73px; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto-reply319286282436083713\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-reply-ditto319286282436083713\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @mattcutts <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1780869878\/image1327517991_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Matt Cutts <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\" class=\"at-name\">@mattcutts<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\">@OurielOhayon<\/a> in other words, it wasn&#8217;t anything on our side. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dittodownarrow\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto-reply319307204631093248 { background: #EEE no-repeat;*\/ padding: 5px 20px 10px 20px; 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text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319307204631093248 div.metadata div.author img { float: left; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; } div.twitter-inner-reply-ditto319307204631093248 span.tweet { font-size: 16px; } .dittodownarrow { width: 0; height: 0; border-left: 20px solid transparent; border-right: 20px solid transparent; border-top: 20px solid #EEE; margin: 0 0 0 73px; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto-reply319307204631093248\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-reply-ditto319307204631093248\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @OurielOhayon <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2868563826\/6adae822615471ea1a7488a83f5b14a4_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Ouriel Ohayon <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\" class=\"at-name\">@OurielOhayon<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\">@mattcutts<\/a> thanks Matt. Actually I was not assuming any scenario. Just observing the changes. Hope you ll fix it soon ? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dittodownarrow\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitterditto319312063803572224\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-ditto319312063803572224\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @mattcutts <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1780869878\/image1327517991_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Matt Cutts <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcutts\" class=\"at-name\">@mattcutts<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurielOhayon\">@OurielOhayon<\/a> I have high hopes, but this is the expected behavior when a web server returns 403 HTTP status code to Googlebot. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"timestamp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=319312063803572224\" class=\"twitreply\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Reply<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=319312063803572224\" class=\"retweet\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Retweet<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=319312063803572224\" class=\"favorite\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Favorite<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattcutts\/status\/319312063803572224\" title=\"Wed Apr 03 04:55:03 +0000 2013\">8 hours ago<\/a> via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/socialditto.com\/\">@socialditto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=t3KLJ2FMhuI:ajaUJ8PtF54:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/t3KLJ2FMhuI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has become harder to find iOS apps in Google results these days, as some have noticed. 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