Lily Ray noted, "pages hit by manual actions can still appear in AI Overviews, weeks/months after being demoted in organic search. In fact, it's been ~2 months since sites were hit by Site Reputation Abuse manual actions, and affected articles can still appear in AI Overviews." This highlights a disconnect between punitive actions and visibility, leading to concerns about how Google manages these penalties while still allowing visibility through AI Overviews.
Glenn Gabe echoed the findings, stating, "Yep, this is true. Just came across another example of this happening. It’s odd, and I believe Google will address it, but for now sites with manual actions can still appear in AIOs (even when those directories have been completely deindexed). Poof, gone, but not gone." This underscores the peculiar situation where penalized sites still manage to appear in prominent search results.
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