{"id":31587,"date":"2023-07-05T07:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T11:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/crypto\/rate-limit-cut-on-twitter-to-diminish-crypto-visibility-on-google\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T07:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T11:27:01","slug":"rate-limit-cut-on-twitter-to-diminish-crypto-visibility-on-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=31587","title":{"rendered":"Rate Limit Cut on Twitter to Diminish Crypto Visibility on Google"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twitter<\/strong>‘s new rate limits have severely affected the indexing and display of tweets on\u00a0Google<\/strong>‘s search engine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a\u00a0recent report from\u00a0Search Engine Land<\/strong>,\u00a0Google Search<\/strong>\u00a0has witnessed a drop of more than half of the indexed URLs from Twitter in recent days, resulting in a significant limitation of reach for the shared information.<\/p>\n

On July 3, the number of tweets indexed by Google plummeted by over 60%, going from 471 million to a mere 180 million, as reported by Search Engine Land.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It seems that Google now has about 52% fewer Twitter URLs in its index today than it had on Friday, just a few days later,” the report said.<\/p>\n

Likewise, in a recent report,\u00a0The Verge said\u00a0that Google is not able to display tweets and pages from Twitter in search results as effectively as it used to because of changes at Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Google spokesperson acknowledged the limitation, stating:<\/p>\n

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“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.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Renowned search engine optimization consultant Glen Gabe also shed light on the decline in Twitter accounts’ search visibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gabe explained that the decrease was due to Google’s inability to crawl certain URLs owing to Twitter redirecting non-logged-in users away from the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Search visibility is dropping, and spot-checking those rankings reveals those tweets or Twitter accounts are not ranking anymore,” he said in a Monday tweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk Announces Limits on Number of Posts Users Can Read<\/h2>\n

On July 2, Elon Musk, the executive chairman of Twitter, announced that the social media platform is implementing a temporary limit on the number of posts users can read daily.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Musk defended the move by citing “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, this decision has faced significant backlash, especially from the crypto community that heavily relies on Twitter to communicate and share important information.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, the social media platform also started blocking unregistered users from being able to browse tweets.<\/p>\n

The reduced visibility of tweets on Google is expected to have a significant impact on the amount of crypto-related content originating from Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Consequently, this has led to a surge in activity on decentralized Twitter rival Mastodon, which has seen an increase in active users.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a Sunday post from Mastodon creator and CEO Eugen Rochko, the platform\u2019s active user base has\u00a0surged\u00a0by at least 110,000.<\/p>\n

Moreover, a Twitter competitor called Threads, owned by Meta’s Instagram, is set to launch this week, which will offer users an alternative platform.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n