"Yes, your site can drop in the rankings, or not show up in Google Discover, or be removed from Top Stories and other features but favicons are not impacted by core updates. John Mueller from Google said this on LinkedIn after someone complained that their favicon disappeared from the Google Search results interface, John said it was not the core update that did it."
"John wrote, "That would be unrelated to anything around a core update." He then suggested that the user review Glenn Gabe's article on debugging your favicons in Google Search. I am not sure if I covered this before, but I think this is somewhat known - that core updates don't impact the display of favicons. Forum discussion at LinkedIn."
Favicons appearing or disappearing in Google Search results are unrelated to core updates. Sites can experience ranking drops, removal from Google Discover, Top Stories, and other features due to core updates, but favicon display is governed by separate factors. When favicons vanish from the Search results interface, site owners should inspect favicon implementation, metadata, file accessibility, caching, and indexing status. Troubleshooting steps include validating favicon files, HTTP responses, robots/headers, and structured metadata. Resolving favicon issues requires targeted debugging rather than attributing the change to a core update.
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