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New games not yet indexed?

A topic by jspaceryan created 16 days ago Views: 77 Replies: 3
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Submitted

Hi everyone,

I've read that itch de-indexes games by new developers pending review by moderators - apparently it can take a week or two to show up in the general search. My submission shows up just fine in the Jam, so I'm not too worried about it. I think I have the proper settings (i.e. no payment, set to public, etc.) so I'm assuming will be approved shortly.

But I wanted to ask - have any of the other new developers experienced this?

Submitted

Not sure - what does deindexing look like, practically speaking? Just that other users won't see it in search? I don't know how to verify that it happened.

Submitted

Yes - as I understand it "indexing" = visible in search and "deindexing" = not visible in search. I only learned this term recently from a reddit thread

Submitted

I believe it only occurs if there's "suspicious" activity. Which may relate to ISP, country of origin, file size/format, etc.