Previous incidents

The API is back online.

Data collection appears to have returned to normal. We likely experienced a test for an upcoming change related to: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/

The Google data collection issue was fully resolved by 08:30 GMT.

Retrospective:
The issue was related to a change that Google made to prevent LLM crawlers from accessing results, and it has had an industry-wide impact.

While Marcode was impacted for roughly 7 hours, many of our peers across the industry have experienced much more significant data blackouts.

Read more:
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/
- https://searchengineland.co...

The data collection issue was traced to an upstream provider and has been resolved. We will continue to monitor the situation and ensure a healthy system