Google's June 2024 Spam Update is reportedly leading to the deindexing of expired domains that have been abused. This update aims to reduce the manipulation of search rankings by spammers who exploit expired domains for malicious activities. The change has already started affecting websites, with many users noticing a drop in visibility for these domains.
This comes after Google rolled out its expired domain abuse policy on March 5th, 2024. Despite this policy, expired domains continued to surge in search results. Users have observed that these sites started ranking for a lot of keywords after May 1st, even though Google had stated on March 5th that such domain reputations would be marked as spam. Gagan and Narender shared these examples on X:
However, it's important to note that there's no official statement from Google confirming these specific actions. This is just based on user observations and experiences.