Google's search engine is experiencing a significant drop in indexed URLs from Twitter due to the microblogging site's new rate limits. SearchEngineLand reported that the number of indexed tweets has decreased by over 60% to around 180 million tweets. A Google spokesperson confirmed that their ability to crawl Twitter.com has been limited, affecting their ability to display tweets and pages from the site in search results.

This decline in search visibility from Twitter accounts has been attributed to Google's inability to crawl URLs due to Twitter redirecting non-logged-in users. The move has been criticized by the crypto community, which heavily relies on Twitter to communicate and share information.