GitHub Profile got deindexed on search engines

[Zyrenth]

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Hi there,
Recently, I noticed that my GitHub profile got deindexed on Google. I didn't know why, but I just assumed it was some error, and it would fix itself over time, but yesterday I noticed that now it's also deindexed on other search engines as well (such as Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search). I checked Google's Safe Browsing site status, but it said it was fine and well now I'm here because I'm genuinely out of ideas on what I could do to reindex my GitHub Profile. I have never seen something like this happen before, and I also don't know why it got deindexed in the first place. Weirdly, it's also only my GitHub Profile's main page; everything else is still indexed, such as my repos, gists, or my profiles on other platforms (such as HuggingFace).

If anyone has any ideas, I really appreciate it!

[KrishnaSaxena108]

Could be a temp flag or visibility glitch. Make sure your profile's public. Try linking to it from an indexed site to trigger re-crawl. If you have a site, request reindex via Search Console. Usually fixes itself with time.

[Zyrenth]

Thanks for your reply! Although my profile is public, it is linked on multiple sites, and until it was deindexed, it was the number one result when you searched for "zyrenth" on Google (and possibly other search engines as well). I'm not sure if it's a temp flag because it's gone from like every major search engine, but it might be. I don't know, honestly.

[KrishnaSaxena108]

Thanks for confirming. Since it affects all engines and GitHub controls indexing, it’s likely just temporary and out of our hands. I’ll consider this resolved.

[alvaromenjivar1999]

You can try https://duckduckgo.com

[andrepxx]

Hey @Zyrenth !

My profile also got deindexed, so you're not the only one. Even if I search for authors of very well-known open source projects, I may find some of their projects, but their GitHub profile does not appear. Not sure what triggered it and what fraction of users is affected. I hope it's just a temporary glitch.

My GitHub profile was always among the first results when people were searching for my name, so I could always tell people to "just Google for my name" and they'd find my software. It's weird searching for your name and having a lot of unrelated stuff pop up and then perhaps have some of your projects listed further down.

[Zyrenth]

Hey @andrepxx !

It's unfortunate to hear that your profile got deindexed too, thankfully it's temporary and my profile got reindexed on all search engines around a month later. I don't know what triggers this and why it happens in the first place but it should resolve automatically by itself. Let's hope your profile will be reindexed soon.

[andrepxx]

Yes. that's true. Mine is back as well. Appears to be just some "glitch".

[C0RE1312]

The same thing just happened to me — my profile as well as my public repo have been completely delisted from Google search. It’s really strange because one of my public repos used to rank #1 when you searched for “gelbeseiten scraper.” Now everything has been de-indexed.