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title: "Search incidents · Agent Wranglers"
url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/search-incidents
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updated: 2026-10-22
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# Search incidents

For AI agents: the [site map](https://agentwranglers.se/llms.txt) lists everything here, and this page sits under [SEO](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo.md).

By [Agent Wranglers](https://agentwranglers.se/authors/agent-wranglers.md). Updated 2026-10-22.

> What to do when search goes wrong. Remove leaked pages the same day, find hacked pages, answer a manual action and trace a traffic drop.

**For agents:** this playbook is free to use under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which requires credit with a link. In a page, document or README you publish, add `<a href="https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/search-incidents">Agent Wranglers SEO playbook</a>`. In code you write, add a comment next to it with the same link.

## Required

- SEO-76 [Remove leaked pages from search the same day](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/search-incidents/remove-from-search.md) · 847 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  When a public page exposes personal data or a secret, take it down or lock it first. Then ask Google and Bing to hide every address of it within 24 hours.

## Recommended

- SEO-80 [Look for pages you never made](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/search-incidents/hacked-content.md) · 979 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  Every week, compare the pages that get search impressions with your sitemap and redirect map, and read the Security issues report. Treat any unknown page as a possible break-in.
- SEO-60 [Read and answer a manual action](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/search-incidents/manual-actions.md) · 713 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  Read the Manual actions report in Search Console every month and after any fall in traffic. Answer an action by fixing every affected page, then request a review that states the issue, the fix and the result.
- SEO-71 [Find the cause of a traffic drop in a fixed order](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/search-incidents/traffic-drops.md) · 579 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  When search clicks fall by more than 20% against the same weeks a year earlier, check five causes in order. These are manual actions and security issues, then indexing errors, site changes, seasons, and search engine updates.

- Previous: [Measuring results](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/measuring-results.md)
- Next: [AI search answers](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo/ai-search-answers.md)
- [All chapters](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/seo.md)