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Question about deindexing and potential deindex-lock

A topic by Tenkarider created 16 days ago Views: 144 Replies: 2
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Hi! Few days ago i realized the implications of being indexed, since i din't knew the meaning of it... i noticed the publisher which supported my games and others' (the name is PowerUp Team https://itch.io/profile/powerupteam) has all their games deindexed. An user linked me the explaination about deindexing and conditions, i checked them out and technically speaking i didn't notice any of them in particular which might be the reason, they all were indexed at a certain early point of their release, but after some time they became unindexed... 80+ days have passed since them. So i wonder what's happening here

The only exception is my latest game (The Rogue of Nexus), which i keep updating... lately, after planning what to do next, i even decided to iterate updates more often than before. And here's my second question: i heard one of the conditions to be deindexed is after updating and that it takes about 40 days to get it reindexed, say i start to iterate updates after 2 weeks each time, does that mean my game is bound to stay deindexed? Does that condition stop apply at a certain point?

Moderator (1 edit) (+1)

...No. It depends. The unofficial FAQ explains why it can take a long time and what you can do in the mean time. But AudioRace for example looks like it should have been indexed by now. I'll speed things up for you.

Understood, thanks!