I do a ton of site command searches, I do this to find content on specific sites, and I’ve noticed over the years is that the results I get from Google before and after a core update can be impacted for those site commands. So I asked Google if I am crazy for thinking this or if this makes sense. Gary Illyes from Google didn’t say I was crazy.
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