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John A. User commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I guess no one's see "T3: Rise of the Machines" then :D

Comment ID #6807446246 12/10/2025 01:56 am

racefan01 commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

And then there are the indexing issues that haven't been resolved for six months! When checking the news URL in Search Console, it says “URL available to Google,” but it's not showing up in search results for four-five hours!

Comment ID #6807422834 12/09/2025 11:16 pm

racefan01 commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

For me, their shitty update started at the beginning of December. The website is half-dead. One day, signs of life, three days, dead. No income, no traffic, nothing. Thanks to Google for the holiday gift.

Comment ID #6807421588 12/09/2025 11:10 pm

ddddd15 commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I think it's already started from the looks of traffic. :(

Comment ID #6807376756 12/09/2025 08:17 pm

Sensei commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Lol I wouldn't put it past Google's greed to have ads on pilots HUD. Scumdar probably just went from 6 to midnight after hearing that idea to steal next.

Comment ID #6807366637 12/09/2025 07:42 pm

joamuk commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

What, you mean there's proper effort goes into these updates - from real people? Jeez, who knew?!

Comment ID #6807366429 12/09/2025 07:42 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Imagine pilots having to login to their Google account before they can even start the engines. Also pilots being served video ads in flight on their HUD. Could even have shell casings with video ads on them for funeral homes. LOL Seems each day we're becoming more like the society in that movie Idiocracy.

Comment ID #6807363231 12/09/2025 07:30 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Let's not forget people. Our websites used to be a discovery tool: you’d click into a few sites, fall down a rabbit hole, meet brands or products - you didn’t know existed, see a few products, read reviews,… and a bunch of buying happened but now that "discovery has gone" due to AI overviews/AI mode.

Comment ID #6807363205 12/09/2025 07:30 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

They seem brainwashed by it, it's just wierd. They think they can serve the entire internet and the advertisors will pay them --without making any sales as people are not clicking guys. Who is funding AI right this minute. Investors and our content they have used to make the thing.

Comment ID #6807362388 12/09/2025 07:28 pm

Sensei commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Great. Corrupt AF Google and the corrupt AF gov't even more in bed together, now with the military. What can go wrong? He might as cut the shit and just officially call it Skynet already.

Comment ID #6807361881 12/09/2025 07:26 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Goodness, wow really, what does it mean by AI it is a chatbot.

Comment ID #6807361855 12/09/2025 07:26 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Having successfully defeated publishers in a war fought with content theft and traffic starvation, the Google Crime Syndicate has proven itself worthy to the corrupt in Washington DC. Now onto the next phase where the Google Crime Syndicate will embed itself deeper into the American military and enjoy a heightened level of autonomy. <b>Pentagon launches military AI platform powered by Google Gemini for defense operations</b> - <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/pentagon-launches-military-ai-platform-powered-google-gemini-defense-operations">https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/pentagon-launches-military-ai-platform-powered-google-gemini-defense-operations</a> <blockquote>"The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI," Hegseth said. "As technologies advance, so do our adversaries. But here at the War Department, we are not sitting idly by."</blockquote>

Comment ID #6807357113 12/09/2025 07:09 pm

DataDonkey commented on OpenAI Updates Its ChatGPT Crawler OAI-SearchBot

ChumpGPT links to the wrong pages, crawls Google scraped pages with "srsltid=" in the URL, etc. ChumpGPT is just a grossly overvalued AI Slop Engine. Only the best from Spam Altman.

Comment ID #6807355142 12/09/2025 07:02 pm

DataDonkey commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Brings back memories of the Cat.

Comment ID #6807353193 12/09/2025 06:55 pm

Surfer Boy Pizza commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

i appreciate the positivity my dude

Comment ID #6807336387 12/09/2025 06:01 pm

Peter Heise commented on Google Ads AI Max "Broad-Matchifies" Exact Match and Phrase Match Keywords

This has been Google's strategy for many years. Monetize more keywords, even if it results in advertisers losing money on wasted ads. I saw AI Max for what is was from the beginning, just another name for their strategy to get advertisers to lose money. If it weren't for the recent court cases, advertisers would not have access to search terms data. Remember when they tried to take that away from us a year ago or so? It was so we couldn't see what they were wasting our money on. Remember Pmax? I get 3 calls a week from "Google Ads Experts" who simply want me to make my ads waste money on broad match keywords, search partner network, and etc. I block their phone numbers these days.

Comment ID #6807318142 12/09/2025 05:12 pm

Sensei commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

That was the only good part, but the massive collateral damage of legit sites obliterated any good it did.

Comment ID #6807309454 12/09/2025 04:54 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I thought the UK publishers complained to them? Honestly, I don't think Google will risk it, after all it don't make any money does it. Why protect something that is unprofitable, to the point of having to pay compensation of trillions. I would not risk it to protect a product that 1) the user does not want 2) they have AI mode and gemini 3) it does not make sense to keep going with this strategy. Against what ChatGTP that only 800 million a week use on a free plan. We have a declining economy in the West and it is not going to end well.

Comment ID #6807304410 12/09/2025 04:42 pm

John A. User commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

The final quarter coincides with Christmas so they are pushing it out now. They also do it whilst most aren't looking. By pushing it out now, they get the New Year sales rather than after.

Comment ID #6807303531 12/09/2025 04:40 pm

John A. User commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

As I said before, they've done a feature like that, but they've hidden it. I suspect it will stay hidden and because they blindly think AI MOde is the future will go down that.

Comment ID #6807302321 12/09/2025 04:37 pm

John A. User commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

If we don't have hope, what do we have? I remember an episode of The Sandman where the Sandman and the Devil (Gwendoline Christie) pair off against one another, creating ever-greater devastation, and in the end, the Sandman wins because nothing can beat Hope. Given how Greedie these aholes can be, I wouldn't hold my breathe, just cross your fingers. IN the meantime, a Hawaiian Pizza please...

Comment ID #6807301677 12/09/2025 04:36 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I must say I don't really care about any updates most of the time it means going down anyway, but all the stuff above my site means the user can't figure out where to find me and my <name of website> searches have sky rocketed likewise direct traffic has gone through the roof

Comment ID #6807299506 12/09/2025 04:31 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

HCU wiped out all the spam sites in my niche.

Comment ID #6807298809 12/09/2025 04:29 pm

John A. User commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

It won't directly but it will empower lawyers (confidence)

Comment ID #6807298418 12/09/2025 04:28 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I honestly pray that AI overviews and AI mode will be a button like on other search engines. If it goes full AI that will be insane, as we will be cooked with AI slop and no human content.

Comment ID #6807298346 12/09/2025 04:28 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

Because the big money period is over and the losses won't look so bad. They will shift something real big in January 2026 once they see the bottom line is decimated.

Comment ID #6807297654 12/09/2025 04:27 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I am thinking just that. I am 1 for everything in my niche and very little clicks.

Comment ID #6807297276 12/09/2025 04:26 pm

Surfer Boy Pizza commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

i've got mixed feelings. on one hand, i have hope that an update will save me and my family from going broke. on the other hand, i'm not sure these updates matter anymore since aio, etc., takes most of the traffic.

Comment ID #6807297101 12/09/2025 04:25 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

It will John. It will give the lawyers leverage to compensate publishers.

Comment ID #6807296483 12/09/2025 04:24 pm

Sam commented on Google Core Updates Not Done; A New Core Update Should Be Soon

I checked references to my website in AI overviews with my actual web NAME came up - and google sent me to a quora link or no link at all for my actual website name e.g. <a href="name.com">name.com</a> - please check a search using your actual website name to see if you get the same. This AI overview is such a mess. I really hope Barry you can raise how we as webmasters are finding AI overviews a complete nightmare on elm street. I remember John presenting it to the publisher webinar about a year before it came out and it went silent it's even worse than we thought. I refuse to use AI and only write human content.

Comment ID #6807295858 12/09/2025 04:23 pm

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