# \[Google Search API\] The "Site:" Operator is Ignored

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- ongoing for 7d 4h
- started 2026-11-03 20:45 UTC
- Search API
- id: DWN-e1b0ec56bf
- Official page: https://stspg.io/hg13xq8387kj

## Summary
SerpApi says its Google Search API is returning results from domains outside those specified by the site: operator. The provider's latest update, on 2026-11-09, states the incident is still under investigation.

_Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from SerpApi's own updates._

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-11-03 20:45 UTC: investigating
We are currently investigating confirmed reports that our Google Search API is consistently returning results from domains outside those specified by the site: operator.
https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4314

### 2026-11-09 16:06 UTC: investigating
We're continuing to investigate this issue. 
Thank you for your patience while we work on it.

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